There is a major focus on recrews again as Vena wants to reduce TE&Y. Follow all rules to the T and make sure your locomotive consist is fully compliant before departure. Him laying off mechanical employees does not fall burden on you or your career. If it takes 6 hours to get someone to come fix something or to get a new lead unit, then so be it. Let them recrew the train.
If you are called as a deadhead, called against a power move, called against a work train symbol, etc. and then used to recrew a train, document it and have your local chairman document it with the General Chairman. Don't let management hide the recrews.
Don't give the company an inch on legitimate mechanical defects or creative solutions used to hide recrews.