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Recliner[_3_] July 8th 15 04:34 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...-striking.html

CJB July 8th 15 06:12 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Wednesday, 8 July 2015 17:36:23 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...-striking.html


They're paid massively better than many. But of course its also Wimbledon Final, and the sun is shining. CJB.

Recliner[_3_] July 8th 15 08:01 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
CJB wrote:
On Wednesday, 8 July 2015 17:36:23 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...-striking.html


They're paid massively better than many. But of course its also Wimbledon
Final, and the sun is shining. CJB.


The finals aren't till the weekend.

Jarle Hammen Knudsen July 9th 15 02:54 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:34:56 +0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...-striking.html


"No one is fooled by the mayor's spin that this is primarily about
pay. There is big concern that in stations outside central London,
night tubes will be stopping at stations that will have no minimum
staffing levels - which could mean just one member of staff dealing
with the public coming home after a late night out. This is a safety
nightmare and clearly not good for these staff or the public. […]"


http://www.jeremyforlabour.com/tube_...ayor_must_talk

Recliner[_3_] July 9th 15 03:03 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:54:23 +0200, Jarle Hammen Knudsen
wrote:

On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:34:56 +0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...-striking.html


"No one is fooled by the mayor's spin that this is primarily about
pay. There is big concern that in stations outside central London,
night tubes will be stopping at stations that will have no minimum
staffing levels - which could mean just one member of staff dealing
with the public coming home after a late night out. This is a safety
nightmare and clearly not good for these staff or the public. […]"


http://www.jeremyforlabour.com/tube_...ayor_must_talk


How is that any different to what already happens when the last tubes
arrive at suburban stations at around 1am?

And what's the betting that the demands resolve, as they usually do,
into more money?

Robin9 July 9th 15 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recliner[_3_] (Post 149283)

I heard that all LU workers were on strike, not just the train drivers. How much
do the other members of staff earn?

Paul Cummins July 9th 15 08:03 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

How is that any different to what already happens when the last
tubes arrive at suburban stations at around 1am?


Or even when main line trains arrive at unmanned stations at any point.

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Recliner[_3_] July 9th 15 08:45 PM

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Robin9 wrote:
'Recliner[_3_ Wrote:
;149283']http://tinyurl.com/nf6grll


I heard that all LU workers were on strike, not just the train drivers.
How much do the other members of staff earn?


Perhaps you didn't actually read the linked article?

It said, "Tube drivers are also much better paid than some of their other
colleagues who'll be joining them on strike. Station staff get around
£30,000, according to TfI, with others closer to £20,000, while supervisors
earn around £40,000 - still markedly less than what tube drivers get."

Basil Jet[_4_] July 10th 15 02:33 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On 2015\07\09 21:03, Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

How is that any different to what already happens when the last
tubes arrive at suburban stations at around 1am?


Or even when main line trains arrive at unmanned stations at any point.


I don't see how station staff can be assaulted at an unmanned station.

[email protected] July 10th 15 09:37 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:03:22 +0100
Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:54:23 +0200, Jarle Hammen Knudsen
wrote:

On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:34:56 +0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...blog/11725850/

ow-well-off-are-Londons-tube-drivers-and-why-are-they-striking.html

"No one is fooled by the mayor's spin that this is primarily about
pay. There is big concern that in stations outside central London,
night tubes will be stopping at stations that will have no minimum
staffing levels - which could mean just one member of staff dealing
with the public coming home after a late night out. This is a safety
nightmare and clearly not good for these staff or the public. […]"


http://www.jeremyforlabour.com/tube_...ayor_must_talk


How is that any different to what already happens when the last tubes
arrive at suburban stations at around 1am?


Or on the DLR.

LU won't understaff the stations because they know damn sure people will
probably just jump over the barriers if they think no one is watching.

And what's the betting that the demands resolve, as they usually do,
into more money?


Guaranteed.

--
Spud


David Cantrell July 10th 15 12:03 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 04:54:23PM +0200, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:

" night tubes will be stopping at stations that will have no minimum
staffing levels - which could mean just one member of staff ... "


At least the union has stopped telling lies about unstaffed stations.
Progress!

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SB July 10th 15 04:22 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 5:36:23 PM UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...-striking.html


At least with no trains the drivers are unable to assault passengers like they do every day by closing the doors on those still trying to get on or off. I'm not talking about the idiot passengers who try and get on / off trains at the very last minute. How many times have I seen a woman with a kid in a pushchair sandwiched between two closing doors? Quite a few. How many times have passengers been killed due to trapped clothing in the doors - quite a few. Remember the old lady killed as she was dragged down the platform at Hounslow a few years ago. And there have been other instances. Numerous complaints to management about drivers not checking the CCTV monitors, closing the doors, and moving off without notice, are always replied to in the vein of 'we have no problems with the issues you mention.' But then with drivers getting 60 grand and supervisors likely less than half that the drivers are well out of control. Their strike is one solely based upon greed. And of course its summer. SB

Peter Smyth[_3_] July 10th 15 05:14 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
y wrote:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...blog/11725850/
ow-well-off-are-Londons-tube-drivers-and-why-are-they-striking.html

"No one is fooled by the mayor's spin that this is primarily about
pay. There is big concern that in stations outside central London,
night tubes will be stopping at stations that will have no minimum
staffing levels - which could mean just one member of staff
dealing with the public coming home after a late night out. This
is a safety nightmare and clearly not good for these staff or the
public. […]"


http://www.jeremyforlabour.com/tube_...ayor_must_talk


How is that any different to what already happens when the last
tubes arrive at suburban stations at around 1am?


Or on the DLR.

LU won't understaff the stations because they know damn sure people
will probably just jump over the barriers if they think no one is
watching.


If the station was unstaffed the barriers would be open anyway.

Peter Smyth

Robin9 July 10th 15 07:14 PM

No, I didn't read the linked article. I rarely follow links.

So, most other members of staff earn far less than train drivers. Why then is
all the attention on drivers' earnings and none on the £20,000 or so earned
by the unspecified "others? Is this that famous politics-of-envy I keep hearing
about?

Paul Cummins July 10th 15 10:30 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
In article , (Basil
Jet) wrote:

How is that any different to what already happens when the last
tubes arrive at suburban stations at around 1am?


Or even when main line trains arrive at unmanned stations at any
point.


I don't see how station staff can be assaulted at an unmanned
station.


I think the safety claim is not the staff, but the passengers...

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Recliner[_3_] July 10th 15 11:56 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
Paul Cummins wrote:
In article , (Basil
Jet) wrote:

How is that any different to what already happens when the last
tubes arrive at suburban stations at around 1am?

Or even when main line trains arrive at unmanned stations at any
point.


I don't see how station staff can be assaulted at an unmanned
station.


I think the safety claim is not the staff, but the passengers...


Why would they be any less safe than on the many night buses that run every
night, mainly without incident?

In any case, surely no-one believes that the unions actually care about
passenger safety? They're after more money for their members, that's all.
And if they do care about anyone's safety, it's their members', not the
customers'.

Recliner[_3_] July 11th 15 10:22 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:14:05 +0200, Robin9
wrote:


'Recliner[_3_ Wrote:
;149299']Robin9 wrote:-
'Recliner[_3_ Wrote: -
;149283']http://tinyurl.com/nf6grll-

I heard that all LU workers were on strike, not just the train
drivers.
How much do the other members of staff earn?-

Perhaps you didn't actually read the linked article?

It said, "Tube drivers are also much better paid than some of their
other
colleagues who'll be joining them on strike. Station staff get around
£30,000, according to TfI, with others closer to £20,000, while
supervisors
earn around £40,000 - still markedly less than what tube drivers get."


No, I didn't read the linked article. I rarely follow links.

So, most other members of staff earn far less than train drivers. Why
then is
all the attention on drivers' earnings and none on the £20,000 or so
earned
by the unspecified "others? Is this that famous politics-of-envy I keep
hearing about?


People think Tube drivers are very overpaid for the jobs they do. They
don't think the other staff are. And yet it's most often the drivers
who go on strike.

Compare Tube drivers with bus drivers. By almost any measure, the
latter have a much more difficult job, and yet they earn much less.
Also, operating Tube trains is getting easier and easier, as the
trains get more automated, and yet that de-skilling hasn't resulted in
lower Tube driver pay.

Paul Cummins July 11th 15 06:28 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

If the day ever comes when the job genuinely is deskilled to
"pressing
a button" as so many dull people seem to believe it consists of
then a
genuine argument about paying peanuts to employ monkeys might be
warranted.


all I'm going to say is that I still can't master driving a train or tube,
after much more emulator practise than I needed to learn to fly a plane.

And that really can be reduced to "press a button"

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Recliner[_3_] July 11th 15 07:30 PM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

If the day ever comes when the job genuinely is deskilled to
"pressing
a button" as so many dull people seem to believe it consists of
then a
genuine argument about paying peanuts to employ monkeys might be
warranted.


all I'm going to say is that I still can't master driving a train or tube,
after much more emulator practise than I needed to learn to fly a plane.

And that really can be reduced to "press a button"


I see it takes about six months of training; not trivial, but a lot less
than a professional pilot.

From
https://www.how2become.com/careers/l...-train-driver/

Becoming a London Underground train driver requires that you have numerous
qualifications. Most are preliminary qualifications prior to any specific
training regime required to drive a train. Here is a list of qualifications
that you will need to have.

First, you need to be at least 21 years of age to start training to be a
train driver with any entity other than London Underground. In addition,
you will need to have good GCSE grades to show that you have a good
standard of education. While there are really no formal education
requirements to enter this field, having A Level grades will appeal to the
organisation.

You will also need to present your formal application to the company and
then attend a formal training centre. Here, you will sit several aptitude
tests, which will assess your skills, knowledge and proficiency in many
different areas. You will also need to pass a physical examination, an
eyesight examination and drug tests.

In general, becoming a London Underground train driver will require that
you undergo 22 weeks of training. However, if you opt to train outside of
London Underground, you might have to sit through 48 weeks of training.
London Underground has some of the lowest training requirements in the
industry for potential drivers.

Your training will be multifaceted, and will cover hands-on driver training
with an instructor, driving theory and safety training. You will have to
complete a Personal Track Safety Certificate, as well as an NVQ Level 2 in
Rail Transport Operations (Driving) before your training is complete. You
will also need to be familiar with the rules and guidelines of working on
the railroad.

Robin9 July 11th 15 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recliner[_3_] (Post 149316)
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:14:05 +0200, Robin9
wrote:


'Recliner[_3_ Wrote:
;149299']Robin9
wrote:-
'Recliner[_3_ Wrote: -
;149283']http://tinyurl.com/nf6grll-

I heard that all LU workers were on strike, not just the train
drivers.
How much do the other members of staff earn?-

Perhaps you didn't actually read the linked article?

It said, "Tube drivers are also much better paid than some of their
other
colleagues who'll be joining them on strike. Station staff get around
£30,000, according to TfI, with others closer to £20,000, while
supervisors
earn around £40,000 - still markedly less than what tube drivers get."


No, I didn't read the linked article. I rarely follow links.

So, most other members of staff earn far less than train drivers. Why
then is
all the attention on drivers' earnings and none on the £20,000 or so
earned
by the unspecified "others? Is this that famous politics-of-envy I keep
hearing about?


People think Tube drivers are very overpaid for the jobs they do. They
don't think the other staff are. And yet it's most often the drivers
who go on strike.

Compare Tube drivers with bus drivers. By almost any measure, the
latter have a much more difficult job, and yet they earn much less.
Also, operating Tube trains is getting easier and easier, as the
trains get more automated, and yet that de-skilling hasn't resulted in
lower Tube driver pay.

It isn't tube workers' fault that bus drivers are under-paid, and there is no
reason tube workers should take a pay cut in sympathy. It really does sound
like the politics-of-envy: ordinary working people daring to earn good money!
Outrageous!

Mark[_2_] July 12th 15 12:29 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Saturday, 11 July 2015 20:31:36 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

If the day ever comes when the job genuinely is deskilled to
"pressing
a button" as so many dull people seem to believe it consists of
then a
genuine argument about paying peanuts to employ monkeys might be
warranted.


all I'm going to say is that I still can't master driving a train or tube,
after much more emulator practise than I needed to learn to fly a plane.

And that really can be reduced to "press a button"


I see it takes about six months of training; not trivial, but a lot less
than a professional pilot.

From
https://www.how2become.com/careers/l...-train-driver/


[snip Internet hearsay]

I don't really understand your point, or the relevance of pilots, or why you copy+pasted all of that
from some random site (a link would have been enough!)

You're ranting on about drivers even after it's been pointed out that it's been an age since ASLEF
have gone on strike. That's why this strike resulted in a shutdown rather than the minuscule service
that's happened a few times over the last few years. You can run some service when you have reduced
staff of different types, but when they all have a grievance they agree on...

I don't work on the Underground, but if you're so jealous of people who do (that's surely what it comes
down to?) there's surely an easy way to get on the button-pushing gravy train yourself? Apply!

It's really odd how if you work in a bank in the City you're creating wealth for the nation, but not if
you're someone transporting thousands of them to their office.

Mark[_2_] July 12th 15 12:38 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Saturday, 11 July 2015 21:37:00 UTC+1, Robin9 wrote:
'Recliner[_3_ Wrote:
;149316']On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:14:05 +0200, Robin9
wrote:
-

'Recliner[_3_ Wrote: -
;149299']Robin9
wrote:-
'Recliner[_3_ Wrote: -
;149283']http://tinyurl.com/nf6grll-

I heard that all LU workers were on strike, not just the train
drivers.
How much do the other members of staff earn?-

Perhaps you didn't actually read the linked article?

It said, "Tube drivers are also much better paid than some of their
other
colleagues who'll be joining them on strike. Station staff get around
£30,000, according to TfI, with others closer to £20,000, while
supervisors
earn around £40,000 - still markedly less than what tube drivers
get."-

No, I didn't read the linked article. I rarely follow links.

So, most other members of staff earn far less than train drivers. Why
then is
all the attention on drivers' earnings and none on the �20,000 or so
earned
by the unspecified "others? Is this that famous politics-of-envy I keep
hearing about?-

People think Tube drivers are very overpaid for the jobs they do. They
don't think the other staff are. And yet it's most often the drivers
who go on strike.

Compare Tube drivers with bus drivers. By almost any measure, the
latter have a much more difficult job, and yet they earn much less.
Also, operating Tube trains is getting easier and easier, as the
trains get more automated, and yet that de-skilling hasn't resulted in
lower Tube driver pay.


It isn't tube workers' fault that bus drivers are under-paid, and there
is no
reason tube workers should take a pay cut in sympathy. It really does
sound
like the politics-of-envy: ordinary working people daring to earn good
money!
Outrageous!


Exactly! "I have no power and am completely at the whim of my bosses,
but instead of wanting better for everyone I want everyone to be like me".
Complete race to the bottom. How that became excepted wisdom I've no
idea, but it's incredibly depressing.

Recliner[_3_] July 12th 15 01:26 AM

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Mark wrote:
On Saturday, 11 July 2015 20:31:36 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

If the day ever comes when the job genuinely is deskilled to
"pressing
a button" as so many dull people seem to believe it consists of
then a
genuine argument about paying peanuts to employ monkeys might be
warranted.

all I'm going to say is that I still can't master driving a train or tube,
after much more emulator practise than I needed to learn to fly a plane.

And that really can be reduced to "press a button"


I see it takes about six months of training; not trivial, but a lot less
than a professional pilot.

From
https://www.how2become.com/careers/l...-train-driver/


[snip Internet hearsay]

I don't really understand your point, or the relevance of pilots, or why
you copy+pasted all of that
from some random site (a link would have been enough!)


Lots of people, it seems, don't read posted links, and it's in any case
polite to quote relevant extracts. Not everyone is online when reading
usenet. It also wasn't a random link.

The relevance of pilots would be evident if you had read the post I was
replying to.


You're ranting on about drivers even after it's been pointed out that
it's been an age since ASLEF
have gone on strike.


Perhaps you aren't aware that almost 40% of Tube drivers are RMT members,
and they're the ones who frequently go on strike, sometimes to defend the
indefensible.

Perhaps you'd be so kind as to quote any rants of mine? I suspect you're
confusing me with other posters.

That's why this strike resulted in a shutdown rather than the minuscule service
that's happened a few times over the last few years. You can run some
service when you have reduced
staff of different types, but when they all have a grievance they agree on...

I don't work on the Underground, but if you're so jealous of people who
do (that's surely what it comes
down to?) there's surely an easy way to get on the button-pushing gravy
train yourself? Apply!


Why should I be jealous? Have I ever suggested I was? I just don't think
that relatively well-paid people should subject millions of people to such
disruption every time they have any sort of grievance.

I spent a *lot* more than six months in higher education, never joined a
union in my career, almost all of which was in organisations with no
unions, and never even contemplated going on strike in my entire working
life. Being well qualified, I was also well paid. Neither the work, nor the
pay, of driving a tube train or a plane was ever attractive to me.


It's really odd how if you work in a bank in the City you're creating
wealth for the nation, but not if
you're someone transporting thousands of them to their office.


How many times have City workers ever gone on strike? And they aren't all
as well paid as tube drivers. A very small proportion of investment bankers
and top managers do earn huge sums, but most City workers don't.

And, before you start accusing me of being a banker, no I wasn't, and nor
did I ever work in the City.

Recliner[_3_] July 12th 15 10:45 AM

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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:52:25 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 11:22:48 +0100, Recliner
wrote:

On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:14:05 +0200, Robin9
wrote:


'Recliner[_3_ Wrote:
;149299']Robin9 wrote:-
'Recliner[_3_ Wrote: -
;149283']http://tinyurl.com/nf6grll-

I heard that all LU workers were on strike, not just the train
drivers.
How much do the other members of staff earn?-

Perhaps you didn't actually read the linked article?

It said, "Tube drivers are also much better paid than some of their
other
colleagues who'll be joining them on strike. Station staff get around
£30,000, according to TfI, with others closer to £20,000, while
supervisors
earn around £40,000 - still markedly less than what tube drivers get."

No, I didn't read the linked article. I rarely follow links.

So, most other members of staff earn far less than train drivers. Why
then is
all the attention on drivers' earnings and none on the £20,000 or so
earned
by the unspecified "others? Is this that famous politics-of-envy I keep
hearing about?


People think Tube drivers are very overpaid for the jobs they do. They
don't think the other staff are. And yet it's most often the drivers
who go on strike.


No it isn't. It's station staff and people in specialised control
positions that the RMT have called out. Some RMT train drivers have
been called out but ASLEF rarely strikes. There have only been two
ASLEF disputes - Boxing Day payments and the current Night Tube - in
recent years. The Boxing Day issue is resolved. There are also line
specific disputes - again nearly always called by the RMT.


Yes, I know these days it's the RMT that's militant. In years gone by,
it was ASLEF rather than the NUR that tended to call the strikes.


Compare Tube drivers with bus drivers. By almost any measure, the
latter have a much more difficult job, and yet they earn much less.
Also, operating Tube trains is getting easier and easier, as the
trains get more automated, and yet that de-skilling hasn't resulted in
lower Tube driver pay.


However the formal job requirements haven't been deskilled have they?
Drivers have to learn to operate to a new set of operating procedures
and rules, still need to know the entire route but how it works under
degraded conditions with ATO kit and to still be able to drive the
trains. Care of passengers, fault management and detection on the
stock and safety & evacuation knowledge requirements haven't changed
one jot as far as I know.


When driving automatic trains manually, presumably they are driven
much more slowly than when in full automatic mode? Do the trains
still have protection?


If the day ever comes when the job genuinely is deskilled to "pressing
a button" as so many dull people seem to believe it consists of then a
genuine argument about paying peanuts to employ monkeys might be
warranted. I wonder if the travelling public would really be content
to have relatively poorly qualified staff looking after technically
complex assets in what will always be a confined environment
underground?


Lower paid, and often very young, cabin crew have similar
responsibilities on airliners, and it seems to work pretty well.
Planes no longer carry flight engineers, and the pilots seldom emerge
from the flight deck other than to visit the loo or the galley.

The cabin crew have to look after safety equipment, the doors, luggage
stowage, broken seats, screaming kids, medical and emergency
procedures, safety briefings, the entertainment system, etc on their
own, quite apart from heating up and delivering the food and drink. On
long haul flights, those responsibilities might last for up to 15
years (with rest breaks). They also have to monitor the flight deck,
visiting it regularly to ensure that the pilots aren't all asleep.
They need to be alert for possible hijackers, and stop passengers
clustering round the cockpit door. They also have to deal with drunks.

Neil Williams July 12th 15 10:49 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On 2015-07-11 18:28:00 +0000, Paul Cummins said:

all I'm going to say is that I still can't master driving a train or tube,


Interesting as I've driven a Class 101 DMU (which involves a bit more
than a modern one, given the semi-manual transmission and vacuum brake)
and didn't actually find it all that difficult. Indeed, I was OK
enough with it that at one point the instructor decided it was OK to
wander off to the van to chat with his mate who was acting as the guard
and leave me to it!

OK, it was on a preserved line, so far fewer challenges, but in terms
of the mechanics of driving the train (rather than all the other stuff
drivers have to learn for the mainline and Tube) it wasn't hard.

The PC based simulators are actually a bit harder than the real thing
because you don't have the kind of feedback (feeling of acceleration
and braking etc) that you do with the real thing.

Neil
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Paul Cummins July 12th 15 11:36 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

The PC based simulators are actually a bit harder than the real
thing because you don't have the kind of feedback (feeling of
acceleration and braking etc) that you do with the real thing.


In theory I;d have the same problem with a PC flight sim as well though.

Strangely, I find some flight sims easier than others - combat flight sim
is easier than normal, even though it's the same plane.

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77002 July 13th 15 07:25 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 1:29:21 AM UTC+1, Mark wrote:
On Saturday, 11 July 2015 20:31:36 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

If the day ever comes when the job genuinely is deskilled to
"pressing
a button" as so many dull people seem to believe it consists of
then a
genuine argument about paying peanuts to employ monkeys might be
warranted.

all I'm going to say is that I still can't master driving a train or tube,
after much more emulator practise than I needed to learn to fly a plane.

And that really can be reduced to "press a button"


I see it takes about six months of training; not trivial, but a lot less
than a professional pilot.

From
https://www.how2become.com/careers/l...-train-driver/


[snip Internet hearsay]

I don't really understand your point, or the relevance of pilots, or why you copy+pasted all of that
from some random site (a link would have been enough!)

You're ranting on about drivers even after it's been pointed out that it's been an age since ASLEF
have gone on strike. That's why this strike resulted in a shutdown rather than the minuscule service
that's happened a few times over the last few years. You can run some service when you have reduced
staff of different types, but when they all have a grievance they agree on...

I don't work on the Underground, but if you're so jealous of people who do (that's surely what it comes
down to?) there's surely an easy way to get on the button-pushing gravy train yourself? Apply!

It's really odd how if you work in a bank in the City you're creating wealth for the nation, but not if
you're someone transporting thousands of them to their office.


In Nigel's case it is not jealousy. It is a case of "I'm alright Jack". He has made his money, sod the workers trying to make a decent living. He lacks a moral compass.

Robin9 July 13th 15 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Corfield[_2_] (Post 149330)
Obviously a freight or a loco hauled passenger train are different
beasts again and I've no experience of them.
--
Paul C

I once met a freight train driver who previously had been a licenced taxi driver
(suburban) in London. He had changed jobs because he couldn't make a good
living as a suburban driver. He said it had not taken long to be trained up as a
driver and he was making far more money too.

Robin9 July 13th 15 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recliner[_3_] (Post 149325)
Why should I be jealous? Have I ever suggested I was? I just don't think
that relatively well-paid people should subject millions of people to such
disruption every time they have any sort of grievance.

I spent a *lot* more than six months in higher education, never joined a
union in my career, almost all of which was in organisations with no
unions, and never even contemplated going on strike in my entire working
life. Being well qualified, I was also well paid. Neither the work, nor the
pay, of driving a tube train or a plane was ever attractive to me.
[i]
.

Perhaps in your case it isn't envy; it's merely snobbery.

You seem very pleased with the way your career has developed, and the
above passage is not the first instance of your regaling us with details of your
success. Yet you seem eager to suggest that well-paid tube drivers are
somehow unworthy of their hire.

I too have never aspired to work on London Underground but I'm glad that
those who do are well paid. Having lived through the pre-Thatcher period
when securing decent pay was normal and having seen what happens when
the vast majority of jobs are badly paid, I am delighted when normal people
with not more than normal levels of education, self-confidence and energy
receive handsome renumeration.

[email protected] July 14th 15 07:05 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 11:59:01 PM UTC+5:30, Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

If the day ever comes when the job genuinely is deskilled to
"pressing
a button" as so many dull people seem to believe it consists of
then a
genuine argument about paying peanuts to employ monkeys might be
warranted.


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all I'm going to say is that I still can't master driving a train or tube,
after much more emulator practise than I needed to learn to fly a plane.

And that really can be reduced to "press a button"

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[email protected] July 14th 15 07:05 AM

How well off are London's tube drivers and why are they striking?
 
On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 10:06:23 PM UTC+5:30, Recliner wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gene...-striking.html


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