My earnings are irrelevant to the point I was making - you’ll notice my comment was also agreed with by another member of staff.
You’re no doubt blissfully unaware of the current situation but many members of current rail staff, including very modestly paid ones, feel the need to take action now to stave off long term erosion of their pay and Ts and Cs. Does the phrase “short term pain for long term gain” mean anything to you?
If you really did thirty years on the railway, did you never take part in industrial action yourself? Perhaps you were one of those who were happy to take the perks but looks down your nose at those fighting to defend them?
And a decent pension, and a job you said you did for decades, which has presumably set you up for retirement?
As I said, the staff I know fully agree with the sentiment I expressed. Trust me you’re in no position to know
Search better than they.
What did you do on the railway yourself, out of interest? Maybe some of your current colleagues still working in the industry can give you some direct feedback on your views on their approach to taking industrial action.
This attitude of “people who expect customers to come back shouldn’t work in the industry” of course comes from people who have an axe to grind and *wish* passengers wouldn’t return! It is a simple reality that railway passengers have come back after every strike ever. It’s intriguing how much that simple statement of reality irritates some on here.
They’re also continuing to come back after Covid. I’ve just passed through a thronging London Bridge. I guess I must have imagined the hoards of people piling on and off full and standing thameslink trains. After all we know from this forum the railway is busily carting around fresh air and needs to close.

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