Do you support the RMT?

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Yeah right my mates a driver just bought a villa in Kissimmee, you don’t get more local than that. He don’t need a rise should be means tested if they don’t need it Government should take it off them.

Means testing salaries?

An interesting concept.

 

[i kne albert davy]

I'm assuming you've taken something dodgy in the past few hours to come out with that bollocks.

Why

 

[i kne albert davy]

Means testing salaries?

An interesting concept.

yep, it's not going to be a problem soon AI will give us driveless trains.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

yep, it's not going to be a problem soon AI will give us driveless trains.

Great. Less jobs for humans.

Means testing salaries sounds a bit communist!

 

[i kne albert davy]

Great. Less jobs for humans.

Means testing salaries sounds a bit communist!

Maybe they had it right then, is there a shortage of jobs for humans? I keep hearing we need more people which is correct ?

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

I am all for companies sharing their profits amongst the workers.

The workers will then spend more, the economy will benefit more.

It's the opposite of what that tory madwoman Truss said by giving all our money to the rich so they can grow the economy.

Across the board too the more mega profit companies should share their profits a lot more.

 

[hampshireblue]

Why

It's not worn off yet if you have to ask. You're suggesting that there should be some sort of means testing on salaries. Well, thats going to be interesting to determine who needs what and when, and who does the determining. there are driverless trains already on some routes that are deemed suitable for that type of operation.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Maybe they had it right then, is there a shortage of jobs for humans? I keep hearing we need more people which is correct ?

If they paid care workers £80k a year, there might be a shortage of train drivers.

Sadly, they don’t and so no one aspires to be one unless vocation calls.

 

[i kne albert davy]

It's not worn off yet if you have to ask. You're suggesting that there should be some sort of means testing on salaries. Well, thats going to be interesting to determine who needs what and when, and who does the determining. there are driverless trains already on some routes that are deemed suitable for that type of operation.

Er Ok are you telling drivers are badly paid members of society then, AI use on trains will only increase. Who makes the original shilling to keep affording pay rises to the already well paid then.

 

[hampshireblue]

Er Ok are you telling drivers are badly paid members of society then, AI use on trains will only increase. Who makes the original shilling to keep affording pay rises to the already well paid then.

That's not what I'm saying. There's a "going rate" for all jobs. Some are too low, some about right, some extortionate(see Premier league wage bills lol ). Supply and demand is also a massive factor. I worked in a safety critical industry. It required 3+ years training and had a failure rate of around 80% during the training process. Add to that it was a 24/7 job and that meant we were able to command a pretty good salary together with good leave, sick pay, pension etc. Who paid for all of that-the travelling public via the airline's ticket prices. None of this stopped us getting fairly consistent pay rises, sometimes without much negotiation and sometimes with an elongated negotiation process. What the whole process did though, was to keep management on their toes and stick to the agreements(in the main) that had been agreed. It would seem that LNER management have some rogue individuals that, for whatever reason are chancing their arm. Does £70k a year seem alot for what they do?- no not really, does £30k seem a lot for a teacher?-no way. Some would think what we got paid was too much. It's all subjective and very much based on one's own experiences in life.