[HN Gopher] What's it like hauling nuclear weapons across the co... ___________________________________________________________________ What's it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country? Author : Stratoscope Score : 11 points Date : 2021-07-19 21:34 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.freightwaves.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.freightwaves.com) | wolverine876 wrote: | I don't know the security, of course, but because of the value to | some parties of a nuclear weapon or some of its components, I | wonder how it could be adequately secured in a convoy on the open | highway. | vkou wrote: | The problem with highway robbery is that you have very limited | means of getting whatever you stole transported somewhere else. | | This isn't the 18th century, anymore. A semi carrying stolen | cargo can't just bushwack its way away with the loot. | PaulDavisThe1st wrote: | 1 word: Sikorsky | robbiet480 wrote: | > The salary range for an NV-01 (basic) federal agent NMC is | $48,682 to $76,981. | | For the amount of training required for this job and personal | risk, I'm shocked at the low salary band. | allenrb wrote: | Just speculating, but is it possible that this provides a path | to other, more senior federal agent gigs? | throwaway0a5e wrote: | Nobody does it for the money. Everyone does it for the bennies. | | This is probably the least risky OTR trucking job ever since | you have so many people making sure everything goes right and | you don't have dispatch pushing you to do insane shifts that | stretch the law. | wolverine876 wrote: | > Nobody does it for the money. Everyone does it for the | bennies. | | Is that based on experience? | throwaway0a5e wrote: | >Is that based on experience | | Yeah pretty much. Ask any government worker why they're | still working for the government and they'll tell you | something about benefits and stability. | wolverine876 wrote: | Government workers I know seem to primarily credit | reasonable hours (e.g., government coders don't get 100+ | hour weeks; they go home at 5) and decent management | (i.e., actual professional management, not screaming | morons), but certainly stability and benefits too. | ttul wrote: | Imagine the security going on behind the scenes that the | drivers never even know about... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-07-19 23:01 UTC)