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I’m no fan of Tommy Robinson, but since the left seem to delight in pointing out that his real name is “Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, I thought it was worth mentioning that Zack Polanski’s real name is David Paulden.

I went from DBC to TPE and left to go back to DBC as soon as possible. Loads of weekend work and 0300/0400/0500 starts, dealing with idiot passengers, tedious work far outweigh not having a final salary pension

https://northern.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/2880/0/425475/23565/qualified-train-driver/Referral

We work to a 13 week link, week 1 being annual leave week followed by a week of rest days, therefore 8 full weeks off per contract year. Difficult to compare as we are on annualised hours but I can assure you DB cargo is a 30.66 hour week. Have a look on the aslef company information page...

13 floating days plus 4 weeks rostered

30.66 hours per week when you factor in the 8 additional ad hoc annual leave days

I think this is most likely a North East driver who is including his travel time in the equation. Under the hub system a driver is required to book on at multiple locations within a specified geographical area. The North East area is larger than most and it may be the case that said driver lives...

That will have been DB groundstaff. They do 12 hour days/nights. Max driving turn is 11h30. Our longest booked job is an 11 hour shed turn

75 out of 760 odd is about 10% by my maths, all of whom are leaving voluntarily with a nice fat payoff. DB and Freightliner drivers prefer to work for companies who put safety over profit

At DB turns booking on between 2300 and 0400 are maximum 9h30

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Rotherham via Derby, Toton and Leicester, Newport, Didcot, Warrington, Corby, and possibly Eastleigh. Probably quite a few more aswell

Government incentives to recruit trainees

Db may be at the lower end but it’s for a 30.66 hour week rather than a 35 hour week. If you work it out pro rata it’s very similar.

An interesting watch; https://www.bitchute.com/video/OfQHCaSZ1b1F/