Yo, Tinnie, you're a union chap. Can you have a word with your lads and make sure they are working for our semi final ?
If they want a day off they can do it for the rag match.
Ta in advance.
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If they want a day off they can do it for the rag match.
Ta in advance.
The only negative for me is that me & my other half have got Avanti first class passes as I retired from there. It was made clear we'd keep them as long as Avanti retained the franchise, so not completely unexpected.
At least we've got our BR "boxes" for life so can still get out and about.
Given Avanti's unreliability at running trains I'm not sure any passes to use their service would be of great value.
Word on the street is that Avanti are handing the West Coast franchise keys back later this week, and the West Coast operation is going to the "operator of last resort".
Seems like it is going under direct Government operation, the same as LINER, TPE and Northern. Whether this will improve reliability remains to be seen!
Their franchise should never have been extended after a truly appalling period in charge.
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Seems like the rumours were false and Avanti will carry on for the time being, despite protests from Burnham and the other regional mayors.
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"DFT have no plans at this time to review the Avanti West Coast contract."Seems like the rumours were false and Avanti will carry on for the time being, despite protests from Burnham and the other regional mayors.
Last time they said that, a few weeks later Northern became a 'nationalised' franchise.
Transport group UK are sniffing around it like vultures.
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I see they've given their drivers a huge increase in pay for "overtime", a 380% increase.
I wonder how that will impact on fares ?
I wonder how that will impact on fares ?
mexico1970
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I see they've given their drivers a huge increase in pay for "overtime", a 380% increase.
I wonder how that will impact on fares ?
I'm going to hazard a guess here and say fares will go up substantially whilst the services provided will still be crap.
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I see they've given their drivers a huge increase in pay for "overtime", a 380% increase.
I wonder how that will impact on fares ?
Can somebody explain to me how an increase such as that be justified?
mexico1970
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Can somebody explain to me how an increase such as that be justified?
All paid by the taxpayer too.
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It's cheaper for them to pay this for overtime over actually recruiting drivers full time.Can somebody explain to me how an increase such as that be justified?
Meanwhile to pay for it they want to force contractual changes on station staff and traincrew that aren't drivers including significant pay cuts.
They are banking on train drivers being greedy enough to work the overtime when many of them are mentally fucked by their current working conditions.
Train driving is a specialist role which requires strong mental capacity to be switched on for Upto 11 hours a shift.