19QOS19 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Not arguing with anyones perception of the jobs skill level, just pointing out that high focus and concentration levels are required, and that it can indeed at times be a stressful job, contrary to the suggestions in a previous post. You're really giving the Greenock guy a run for his money as the most tedious poster on this one.Why on earth are you up at this ungodly hour on a Saturday?... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: 36 minutes ago, 'WellDel said: Not arguing with anyones perception of the jobs skill level, just pointing out that high focus and concentration levels are required, and that it can indeed at times be a stressful job, contrary to the suggestions in a previous post. You're really giving the Greenock guy a run for his money as the most tedious poster on this one. Why on earth are you up at this ungodly hour on a Saturday?... Unsociable hour no doubt, but that lever won't push and pull itself. You? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, 'WellDel said: Not arguing with anyones perception of the jobs skill level, just pointing out that high focus and concentration levels are required, and that it can indeed at times be a stressful job, contrary to the suggestions in a previous post. You're really giving the Greenock guy a run for his money as the most tedious poster on this one. Only on this one? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Why on earth are you up at this ungodly hour on a Saturday?...Well we know what he's not doing.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 12 hours ago, TxRover said: Lots of cargo rail, little passenger…Union jobs explains the pay. Don't the freight companies own a lot of the rails (or at least get priority)? The information will be out there somewhere but I imagine there's more freight trains in America than passenger trains as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 5 hours ago, Bairnardo said: 6 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: Why on earth are you up at this ungodly hour on a Saturday?... Well we know what he's not doing.... He said he was pulling his lever, best leaving it at that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Highland Capital said: Don't the freight companies own a lot of the rails (or at least get priority)? The information will be out there somewhere but I imagine there's more freight trains in America than passenger trains as well. I took a train from Washington to Savannah and every so often it would have to pull into sidings to let freight trains pass. It took forever, I flew back. I also went on a fantastic train journey from Nuevo Laredo on the Texas border to Mexico City, stopping on route. The Peso was so cheap at the time I went first class and airconditioned for £6. Sadly the line's freight only now. Edited May 28, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Highland Capital said: Don't the freight companies own a lot of the rails (or at least get priority)? The information will be out there somewhere but I imagine there's more freight trains in America than passenger trains as well. Yes, just one of the problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Name your top 5 more more demanding jobs on a lesser salary please? I could name 5 in the health sector alone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) Based on some of the posts above, here's a suggested TV add for Scotrail, LNER etc hunting for train drivers (in the style of the Royal Navy one): If you can work a microwave then you can push a button, and if you can see a button then you can see out of a window, and if you can do all that... then you can drive... a 14 carriage Azuma train! Edited May 28, 2022 by Hedgecutter 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Suggested TV add for Scotrail, LNER etc hunting for train drivers, in the style of the Royal Navy one: If you can work a microwave then you can push a button, and if you can see a button then you can see out of a window, and if you can do all that... then you can drive... a 14 carriage Azuma train! I was born in Kilwinning, but I was made in Scotrail 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Wonder how many people are in a similar situation to myself tonight, having to cancel a night out watching the Champions League final because the last train home (for me) is 8:50pm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Wonder how many people are in a similar situation to myself tonight, having to cancel a night out watching the Champions League final because the last train home (for me) is 8:50pm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 On 27/05/2022 at 20:50, 19QOS19 said: Very good Come on now, I've played Train Simulator. You should be glad you actually get paid as much as you do. Football managers, too. Piece of piss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) On 27/05/2022 at 21:23, Brother Blades said: You are genuinely a Tory, your use of gifs, whilst amusing, doesn’t disguise the fact that you are punching down on people you see as below you. “Ordinary workers” as you term them are definitely suffering because of this, but train drivers are also ordinary workers. Strange you take the management side? Show me please where I've taken Scotrail management's side in this dispute. Be extremely specific. The reality is that both sides in this dispute are completely in the wrong. And my very straightforward solution - turn railway workers into civil servants with the associated rights/protections, while losing their syndicalist nonsense resort to strike action - is literally the opposite of 'Tory' policy in any employee dispute. Meanwhile you can't actually decide from post to post whether your heroes are in fact 'being punched down' on, or are in fact significantly above a poster you're very, very rattled about indeed. All in all, a solid 0/10 contribution from yourself then. Edited May 28, 2022 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 4 hours ago, peasy23 said: If only he could have drank in a pub closer than an entire train journey to his home. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 5 hours ago, Clown Job said: Wonder how many people are in a similar situation to myself tonight, having to cancel a night out watching the Champions League final because the last train home (for me) is 8:50pm I'd move to somewhere with a pub in walking distance, as pointed out above. -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 1 hour ago, virginton said: turn railway workers into civil servants with the associated rights/protections, while losing their syndicalist nonsense resort to strike action FREEDOM!!!! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 33 minutes ago, welshbairn said: FREEDOM!!!! ^^^ idiot found 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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