Recent content by Karmakanik

Thanks again for all the input, I have decided to go with the original mainline offer. In for a penny and all that! I would have jumped through flaming hoops to get the depot drivers job but mainline is what attracted me to the role in the first place. Hoping a position eventually comes up and...

If it was just the travelling then yes, it would be a no brainer. But I seem to recall that it only takes about a couple months instead of 12 to qualify as a depot driver so I could be back on decent money sooner and if I kept that salary while training as a mainline driver, the local depot is...

Thanks to everyone who has replied, I appreciate your input. I don't mean to stir up the usual hornets nest of depot v mainline driving but I find myself in an enviable position. - I have been given a start date for a TOC about 35-40 minutes drive away but have recently been contacted by a...

Thanks guys. So it would be starting training from scratch, but with some inside knowledge. I thought I read a while back that guards progressing/moving to trainee driver within a TOC kept the guards grade salary. Is this correct and does it apply to depot drivers?

If a depot driver transfers to a mainline position within the same TOC, presumably all that is required is route learning? Also, whilst learning, would the driver be paid at the depot driver rate?

020 7427 2065, think it is still current.

I had DM a couple of weeks ago, already had valid passes from OPC. Just waiting for start date now........

Well done mate! There is another thread where a few of us who have been on hold for a year or more are in the dark about a start date, guess we can rule out anything for Bedford for 6 months! Think I'm reluctantly going to give up on a career with FCC but, on the bright side, plan B is coming...

I suppose it depends on which depot. I'm waiting for Bedford but I think Brighton were recruiting again recently?

Hi mate, thought you got a start date for FCC a while back? Did they cancel? Didn't want to post this on open forum, sorry.

Been on hold since May last year, keep phoning in every few months but no news so far!

+1 here, been courting other toc's though!

In February last year, I applied for a trainee drivers position with FCC. In May last year, I passed the final, managers interview and was told that I had been successful but no positions currently. "Rest assured, we will contact you as soon as a position becomes available". Been checking my...

Got the same email at the end of May last year :( Still keep checking emails and phoning but I am "in the talent pool and will be contacted when a position becomes available". Pretty soul destroying but keep your chins up, you have done the hard part. I am waiting for a position at Bedford...

Good for you! When did they contact you and have you had the medical? I've heard nothing yet.