When Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw appeared before the Ohio State Senate's Select Committee on Rail Safety Tuesday he said he stood not in the way of but behind efforts to enhance rail safety.
CLEVELAND — When Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw appeared before the Ohio State Senate's Select Committee on Rail Safety Tuesday, he said he stood not in the way of but behind efforts to enhance rail safety.
"We're data-driven and we're going to follow the science,” Shaw said. “And at this point, I have not seen any data that provides a direct link between crew size and derailments." The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board sided with Shaw and the railroads this week stating,"Provision on crew sizes stands out for its potential burden and irrelevance to safety." That prompted an immediate op-ed response from Senator Brown asking,"Would you get on a commercial flight if the plane had only one pilot?"
But there will be negotiations because while the Brown-Vance bill requires two-person crews the Johnson-Sykes rail safety bill in the House does not. Whatever the final version looks like Senator JD Vance tells News 5 it will mean change.
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