Recent content by mph9937

I’m regards to the salary for Avanti drivers, once qualified and on fully salary of £68k I’m curious on how this will increase if a pay deal is ever agreed. So for the sake of this thread can we just play devils advocate for a bit as well as rounding the figures up. If Aslef take the so called...

Congratulations Astro_Orbiter on passing your rules test. I’m just curious on how the format of the test was done over Microsoft meets in the current climate. I wouldn’t expect you to give any clue on the questions asked but was it :- 1 - Multiple choice (i.e A,B,C,D) 2 - Face to face talking...

Surely Holyhead Avanti drivers won’t just go from Holyhead to Crewe and back. Its only takes 2hrs to get there so even with a 1hr MRB that’s a 5hr day! Like a previous post has said Avanti will utilise the Holyhead drivers for the first and last trains not very appealing. I personally don’t...

If a TOC wants to pay their cleaners £27,000 + then surely that it up to them. Wether you think that is too much or not is down to the individual. Some of our trains can be absolutely disgusting to clean so I don’t envy any cleaner doing the job. But put it into perspective of what cleaners...

Absolutely spot on!! There are several couples who are drivers in our depot each of them earning over £60k so that’s a household income over £120k even more with overtime and they still want to call themselves working class? The railway like every job has evolved from ‘The good old BR days’...

It’s a shame that both Unions are quite heavily politicised towards Labour! Yes I fully understand that it’s the unions that keep Labour going and how the foundations were built for the Labour Party. But surely a union should be just that a UNION! of all people no matter what your political...

Well said! Exactly the same conditions at our TOC maybe not quite as much as 70k. The long weekend in every 3 is brilliant. I could finish say at 1pm on Thursday, have all Thursday afternoon and evening to myself. I would then be off Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon/Tue and then not back until about 5pm on the...

Good morning, Has any driver moved from TOC to TOC and had experience of the rules test that has been mentioned. Would it be that you sit down face to face with a manager and go from front to back of the rule book answering questions along they way. Would it be a computer based multiple choice...

I would say that an Avanti depot opening up at Holyhead would attract a large amount of interest. Like a previous thread mentioned it would be mostly from TFW drivers though. Saying that I think there might even be one or two drivers currently working at Avanti as drivers who work in Liverpool...

Does anyone have any information at all when the next trainee driver course is, any inside friends/colleagues close to ATW recruitment that can give us any idea at all. I think I’ve read on a previous thread that there are 12/13 currently in the talent pool and have been for nearly 2 years...

Firstly my apologies for opening this thread without checking previous post about this topic, didn’t realise it would cause such an issue! It was my first and now probably my last ever post and I guess I should have read the rules as well. I will leave it up to all you seasoned Pro’s and butt...

Good morning everyone, I just read this in yesterday’s Daily Post and I was wondering what everyone’s thoughts on it would be. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/beeching-axed-anglesey-line-reopen-14037152 The line would run from Amlwch to the junction with the main line at...

Hi Gareth, I think I have sent you a private message or at least somewhere on your page. Can you let me know if you've seen it, if not I will try again. Cheers