In many cases of entomophobia, the sufferer is afraid of becoming contaminated by insects. Many bugs, such as cockroaches and flies, do carry disease. However, people with contamination phobias take prudent cleanliness to an extreme. In addition, disgust there is a reaction that often causes symptoms of anxiety.
Salaries. Although train conductors earned as much as $80,820 per year, or $38.86 per hour, their compensation also fell below an annual $39,190 annually, or $18.84 hourly, as of May 2011, states the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, their average salaries ran $56,230 per year, or $27.03 per hour.
WASHINGTON â Amtrakâs board of directors on Thursday extended the contract of the companyâs president, Joseph H. Boardman, who has led the government-owned railroad corporation to record growth in ridership and revenue.nder his new two-year renewable contract, his salary will remain $350,000 a year. âWe will continue to give this nation a connection border to border,â said Mr. Boardman, the second-longest-serving president of Amtrak.