I don't know exactly what CSX pays, but for a conductor trainee i'ts probably around $32,000 yr. base. To be a conductor, you have to go to a six week training school, then get a bunch of on the job training. (16 weeks if I remember correctly).
AT&T will combine its 5.7 million U-verse TV customers with DirecTV's roughly 20.3 million US subscribers. All of a sudden you're talking about the number-two pay-TV provider in the country, says Dan Rayburn, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan.
Viacom and DirecTV Are Both Right, But DirecTV Is Righter. The fee dispute between Viacom and DirecTV that has seen the satellite serviceâs 20 million subscribers lose access to MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and other channels has the makings of a long standoff, one in which each side, convinced of the justice of its case, refuses to yield.