Reply to: Tube workers reject £500 bonus too

[DodgyAgent]

The problem is, that as one gets more than the other the other wants more. It's a bit like when contractors find out how much the other is earning.

Fire the fooking lot.

It has gone the other way in recent years. rates downgrading to the lowest paid - soon shut the contractors up

[aceboy]

Tube drivers must be the most pampered lot. You would think they are holed up in them cabins designing rockets or something. Already they earn 50K to just drive eht trains.

And try to get tripple time AND a day in leu for boxing day.........

F&^*()^(ng unions boil my pi$$

[fullyautomatix]

Tube drivers must be the most pampered lot. You would think they are holed up in them cabins designing rockets or something. Already they earn 50K to just drive eht trains.

[TheFaQQer]

Does it make any difference to the driver how busy the train is?

If the train is heaving, so that the doors can't close properly, and people keep pushing against them so that the emergency brakes kick in, then it makes a difference.

If not, then probably not.

[rd409]

Does it make any difference to the driver how busy the train is?

Not really, but if the frequency is to be increased, then the driver might have to squeeze in an extra run or two, so they might get lesser time for the in-between breaks. So they are the only one's who are actually going to sacrifice their time, and not the ticketing staff (do they have them anymore?) and the gate staff.

This makes me wonder, why the tube staff at Wembley park never demanded more pay than rest of the station staff as they cater to thousands of football fans, and even goers?

[TheFaQQer]

Hmm, VIP lanes. So the rest of us scrotes aren't allowed on em then?

No.

But at least London traffic that's forced to use one less lane everywhere won't be bad

I'm off to France for the duration - hopefully trans-channel traffic won't be a nightmare.

[Arturo Bassick]

Maybe TFL should take the union up on the idea and agree to base pay on user numbers.

[BrilloPad]

If your route/run is busy, you receive bonus otherwise, nothing at all.

Does it make any difference to the driver how busy the train is?

[TimberWolf]

Maybe people from Stratford should get a £500 bonus too?

[BrilloPad]

Any time I visit London summer or winter the tube is a busy crowded place, how much busier can it get during the olympics? Does London have the transport infrastructre to actually cope? What are the expected visitor numbers on top of the norm?

It is going to get very unpleasant. I am pleased I am cycling to/from work. And I don't intend going out anywhere during those 3 weeks.

I am just relieved I don'y live in Stratford.

[rd409]

Why not stagger the bonuses. If your station receives more than 10,000 foot fall a day for a week, you receive 250 for that week, otherwise nothing. This will reduce the bonus structure to considerable lot. They can do the same for the drivers as well. If your route/run is busy, you receive bonus otherwise, nothing at all.

Everyone is happy (apart from the staff in zone 9)

[TimberWolf]

Nope.

But they have a grand master plan to solve all the potential problems - have a beer and wait until everyone has left!

TfL has also admitted that "Games Lanes" - dedicated lanes for Olympic athletes and VIPs on major roads -

Hmm, VIP lanes. So the rest of us scrotes aren't allowed on em then?

[Cliphead]

Nope.

But they have a grand master plan to solve all the potential problems - have a beer and wait until everyone has left!

Probably be like the Commonwealth games in India. Most normal people will avoid London and it will drop, making a mockery of the TFL's workers sitting around paying poker with their bonuses.

Well, there's sensible

[MarillionFan]

Any time I visit London summer or winter the tube is a busy crowded place, how much busier can it get during the olympics? Does London have the transport infrastructre to actually cope? What are the expected visitor numbers on top of the norm?

Probably be like the Commonwealth games in India. Most normal people will avoid London and it will drop, making a mockery of the TFL's workers sitting around paying poker with their bonuses.

[TheFaQQer]

Does London have the transport infrastructre to actually cope?

Nope.

But they have a grand master plan to solve all the potential problems - have a beer and wait until everyone has left!