Graeme Wall wrote:
On 08/12/2020 09:21, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:29:39 on Tue, 8 Dec
2020, remarked:
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 19:50:59 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 09:32:07 +0000
Clive Page wrote:
On 04/12/2020 11:15, Recliner wrote:


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c...drivers-up-to-
18-month


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It's nice "work" if you can get it.Â* But the job will be a lot less
attractive
in a few years time when services actually start running, when the
generous
salary is combined with actual work, and on a shift system at that.
Some of

them might decide to move elsewhere.

Where would they move to? There arn't many blue collar jobs that pay
north
of 60K these days. Deep sea diver perhaps and a few other risky
trades but
hardly transferable skills and given what Covid has done to the
economy and
Brexit may soon do too they'll probably be thinking themselves lucky to
have any job.

To other TOCs with better work.

Is being a crossrail driver harder or does it pay significantly less than
elsewhere? Thats a genuine question, I have no idea.

One obvious feature (that also applies to HEx, C2C and Island Line) is a
relatively limited amount of route and traction knowledge required.

On the other hand, it's going to be pretty boring (like the Victoria
Line or Waterloo and City).

The driving is not confined to the tunnel section, there's plenty of
open-air driving at each end. So would be much the same as driving the
current suburban services at each end but with a bit of tube driving in
the middle for variety.


The previous TOC drivers of what's now TfL Rail and will become Crossrail,
would have driven other routes too, not just Reading/Shenfield terminators.



Anna Noyd-Dryver