tbtc
Veteran Member
And I will reiterate the point that I made originally.
And I stick by what I said above.
I agree that there was fare avoidance under BR when wage inequality within the UK was a lot less than it is now - My point is one about British society as a whole (although your agenda against BR is noted).
When the upper echelons are seen to be working the system, the rest will try as well. It may offend your sense of propriety tbtc, but that is how it happens. Fare dodgers are ready to cheat, Chief executives are happy to cheat and squirrel everything away abroad.
Fare dodgers cheat because they think they can get away with it and don't feel any moral duty to pay.
If you want to believe that they are doing so as part of some political crusade against corporate greed then fair enough, just like it suited some people to claim that the rioters a couple of years ago were looting electrical retailers because they actually cared about Mark Duggan. That's a whole other thread though.
To keep this one on topic, do you honestly believe that the salary for the head of NR has any bearing upon fare evasion?