So Tube Drivers now earn £50k a year?

krooton · 15 Dec 2011 at 09:48

A single tube driver has a household income of greater than 80% of the country

DAIR · 15 Dec 2011 at 09:50

Quick question.... Do they even drive the trains these days? I've heard the computers do all or most of the work.

And please tell me what warrants such a high income? What do bus drivers earn|?

jas72 · 15 Dec 2011 at 09:56

shoes said:
Striking should be illegal IMO, especially in the public sector. Don't like your conditions? Well get another ******* job then.

Jeez what an attitude you'll be having children in workhouse next.

Try reading a few of dickens novels.

The 1% of the population that are rich are there because they break the back of millions of others. You'd see that gap widened.

Just hope for your sake you are either too young to understand the consequences of what you are saying or are rich enough not to care.
:mad:

Here's a refreshing idea instead of trying to reduce the pay of others why not try and increase your own salary.

joxang · 15 Dec 2011 at 09:57

jas72 said:
Jeez what an attitude you'll be having children in workhouse next.

Try reading a few of dickens novels.

The 1% of the population that are rich are there because they break the back of millions of others. You'd see that gap widened.

Just hope for your sake you are either too young to understand the consequences of what you are saying or are rich enough not to care.

Here's a refreshing idea instead of trying to reduce the pay of others why not try and increase your own salary.

??? How is any of that even vaguely related to anything he wrote in that quote?

Cosimo · 15 Dec 2011 at 09:58

These numpties aren't going to stop me getting to my Boxing Day match.

JAzz · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:05

It is about time the government bought laws in to stop nonsense like this, people have the right to strike but what is happening here is them holding the government to ransom over their ridiculous demands

MrMoonX · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:06

I'm a big trade unionist but tube drivers take the ****

alx · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:11

DAIR said:
Quick question.... Do they even drive the trains these days? I've heard the computers do all or most of the work.

And please tell me what warrants such a high income? What do bus drivers earn|?

On the modern ones no. I believe they literally just press a button to open/close the doors at the platforms.

Although their greater value comes when something goes wrong/there is an emergency.

However, the DLR has been driverless for years so I don't see why the rest of the tube network can't be....

smit101 · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:19

PMKeates said:
Triple pay, equal to £366, plus a day in lieu? How ridiculous.

Pfft! you wouldn't get me out of bed for that!

scorza · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:19

So much jealousy. If the tube drivers aren't worth it then presumably everyone will be happy with no tube on Boxing Day. What's the problem?

alx · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:22

scorza said:
So much jealousy. If the tube drivers aren't worth it then presumably everyone will be happy with no tube on Boxing Day. What's the problem?

The problem is they keep striking even though their working conditions are very good. That's what ****** people off. No one would care what they earnt if they just got on with their jobs.

DAIR · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:24

alx said:
On the modern ones no. I believe they literally just press a button to open/close the doors at the platforms.

Although their greater value comes when something goes wrong/there is an emergency.

However, the DLR has been driverless for years so I don't see why the rest of the tube network can't be....

Sooner or later they will no doubt hand the job over to systems and hire people to just keep watch. When they happens a lot of these drivers will be let go.

I for one will have no sympathy for them. Every year they want to hold the city to ransom

[TW]Fox · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:53

scorza said:
So much jealousy. If the tube drivers aren't worth it then presumably everyone will be happy with no tube on Boxing Day. What's the problem?

You could use the same arguement if they were striking for 1 million a year, thus demonstrating what a ridiculous one it is.

XeNoN89 · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:11

They all need to be sacked, completely greedy and selfish

Muzy · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:15

50K a year, higher than 80% of I.T jobs out there.

even some Java, C++ coders don't get that ammount of money.

time to move from Desk Job to Tube Driver!

smit101 · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:23

Muzy said:
50K a year, higher than 80% of I.T jobs out there.

even some Java, C++ coders don't get that ammount of money.

time to move from Desk Job to Tube Driver!

Why shouldn't someone such as a tube driver who has huge responsibility, (peoples lives) earn more than someone who sits on his arse all day tapping away at a keyboard?

redeye_uk · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:49

smit101 said:
Why shouldn't someone such as a tube driver who has huge responsibility, (peoples lives) earn more than someone who sits on his arse all day tapping away at a keyboard?

...writing real time systems which save peoples lives.

DAIR · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:52

smit101 said:
Why shouldn't someone such as a tube driver who has huge responsibility, (peoples lives) earn more than someone who sits on his arse all day tapping away at a keyboard?

Serious?

Billythekid · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:52

50k a year, sign me up.

Strife212 · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:58

Surely the tube system would be reasonably easy to automate, more so than most things.