On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:31:11 -0800 (PST)
David B wrote:
On Dec 15, 10:02=A0am, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:23:46 -0800 (PST)

David B wrote:
Tube drivers get roughly the same as other main line train drivers (in
London) who incidentally don't have to work boxing day. They were also
told that only a skeleton service crewed by volunteers would run in
boxing day. Now LUL wants a full Saturday service.

And what? Which bit of the word "volunteer" are these numbnuts having a
problem with?

I think they are being made to work boxing day as if it were any other
ordinary day. Not voluntary.

Boo hoo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16174789

"A spokesman said an agreement in 1992 specified drivers would earn about
£44,500, work a 35-hour week and have 43 days' leave.

As part of the agreement, Tube drivers have to work some public holidays,
including Boxing Day.

LU said it had reduced the number of drivers needed to work on Boxing Day after
Aslef raised the issue in 2010 and only a quarter of the 3,500 were needed on
the day. "

I'm a train driver. There's more to it than pressing a button even on
the automated lines. As said before exams have to be passed and
competences proven.

My mistake, you have to press a button then make sure you don't spill your
coffee on your paper as the train moves off.

You have to take a test and an exam to get a driving license but most muppets
manage it and I suspect driving a car is a damn site more complicated and
requires a lot more situation awareness than driving a train. I'm a bit
sick of hearing how complex it is to drive something that sits on rails and
only requires its speed to be controlled. Try telling a nurse on less than
half your salary how tough it is when she's been up all night looking after
a vomiting patient.

B2003