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    RMT strike referendum passed

    :rolleyes:
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    "Ladies and gentlemen"

    Another old one - 'If you have been, thank you for listening" at the end.
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    "Ladies and gentlemen"

    In the airline business, I never used the term 'Ladies & Gentlemen' because I agree with you that it is a bit staid and outdated. I much preferred your first suggestion of 'everyone/everybody' as no-one/nobody is left out...
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    Confirmed : HS2 West Midlands-Manchester line to be scrapped and replaced with other projects.

    Quoted above: Rishi Sunak has not won an election for anything but his own Parliamentary seat.... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/24/rishi-sunak-becomes-uks-new-prime-minister
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    ASLEF TfW and ScotRail Offer

    But they would most likely work in a business that only 'functions' from Monday to Friday - unlike 24 hour transport businesses like rail, road and air...
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    RMT TOC dispute update

    If I were the RMT I would take any offer soon before inflation falls...
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    ASLEF accept (subject to members agreement) 5% Scotrail Pay Offer

    How am I supposed to know what is and isn't real in your world of railways? I'll stick to aviation from now on as I do know quite a bit about that - we used to have to 'negotiate' with ATC on most days...
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    Passengers thanking Drivers

    I always try to thank the crew if possible. In a previous life, I used to stand and say goodbye to passengers disembarking from the aircraft that I was in command of and the majority of people couldn't be bothered to give much more than a grunt...
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    ASLEF accept (subject to members agreement) 5% Scotrail Pay Offer

    What a well reasoned and refreshing post. Thank you for putting forward your point of view :)
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    Off Peak Return Query

    Thank you all very much for your prompt and elucidating replies :)
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    Off Peak Return Query

    My wife and I purchased Off Peak Return tickets from Reading to Morecambe and travelled earlier this week. On our return we used our booked seats on the 12:38 Avanti from Lancaster (Euston 15:19) and transferred across to Paddington for our GWR 16:02 to Reading (train destination Bristol TM). On...
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    Could anyone tell me what these are? (edit: it's a datum plate!)

    Thank you very much from one great dimmo :oops:
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    Could anyone tell me what these are? (edit: it's a datum plate!)

    I have often wondered what these items are in the face of many railway station platforms. I'd be most interested and grateful to know what they are. Apologies if this has been covered before. Thanks.
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