Is railroad work steady with UPRR right now?

My answer won't be much comfort to you i'm afraid.You just never know how furloughs are going to shake out.When our economy tanked the furloughs were horrible.They are all back to work now and they are hiring.But you just never know what will happen.I'm not going to tell you it will be ok because i don't know.That being said as of right now we are working our butts off.My son just hired out here in Texas at the same place i work out of.He is in training right now.His pay for the first 3 weeks of classroom was 80 a day.Then he did 4 weeks of yard training at 160 a day(i think it was 160 maybe 140 i'm at work so i can't ask him).Then back to classroom for 2 more weeks at 160 a day.Now he is starting student trips on the road.We get paid trip rates for road jobs.His trip rate should be about 220 each way.He'll do those for a month.They work them pretty steady.He gets 10 hours off then goes on the first train that shows up.Then at home i think he'll get 24 hours off between trips.Your health benefits start right away.There is a 90 day probation period when you hire out.Til your over that 90 days the railroad can release you at any time.After 90 days the union accepts you as a member and you have some protection.It's very hard to get permanently fired after your in the union.You really have to screw up bad!It's a good job but i can't tell you what your husband should do.It's a risk for sure.It was good for my kid because he's young and single.