SYMPTOMS OF METRO BUS DRIVER'S BLUE FLU

6 years without a bargaining agreement.

Erosion of pension and benefits.

New bus drivers paid less than $13.00 an hour for five years.

Average bus driver's wage: $20.00 an hour (about $42,000 a year)

Average Metrolink operator: $21.00 (about $43,000 a year)

Average Metro Executive:$150,000 a year.

EDIT: These records are from 2010, and you have to search by individual names, but here it is:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/metro-transit-agency-employee-payroll/html_1396d59c-088b-11e0-ad1c-0017a4a78c22.html

Robert Joseph Baer, CEO, John Nations predecessor: $190,000

Ray Friem: Chief Oper Ofcr-Transit Serv/Chief Operations Officer $174,350.00

Jessica Mefford Miller:  Chief of System planning and development: $86,000.00

Bus driver I knew the name of: $43,784.00