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Same at Chingford

To be fair the only preparation needed is the group bourdon tool found here and the prep they send you as stated above. All the other prep stuff is excessive and the overload isn't useful in my opinion.

Back when I was in training school we had a chap that was 60...aslong as you can pass the psychometrics and medical you should be fine.

Good safety of the line record, long service, good sickness record...with those in check most companies won't care about much else. Valid reason for switching and you're fine.

There's never an exact number, its down to business needs. E.g they may have wanted 10 drivers to begin with, then vacancies have arisen at othet depots so current nxg drivers have transferred out. Now they might need 20 drivers.

As is their right. Those same people rushing back for RDW are the ones that allow you to get your lieu and float days whenever you'd like.

Nothing is wrong with hitting rdw as a new driver if you need the funds. Just think of it as a golden goose, don't go after it too hard. Like others have said though, the more time spent in the cabin, the higher likelihood you can have an incident.

Depends what link/roster pattern you're on bud. There's 4 links to choose from but I can only speak on mine where I do 2 weekends on 2 weekends off. In regards to shift changes, on a spare turn where you've been 'marked up' you'll generally know a minimum a week before hand what your shift...

Generally do a week of earlies then mids then lates, sometimes 2 weeks in a row, all depends on the link you join. Worst case if you don't like your shift just switch it with someone aslong as it doesn't break Hidden. Saying that, you could be on a week of earlies but get marked up to something...

Definitely speak to ASLEF. I know of someone who failed their second attempt, appealed with ASLEF and had a third attempt. He had extenuating circumstances, some family issues and lack of consecutive driving hours so if you were to apply and something was going on behind the scenes *cough...

Not sure whether this has been posted already but not the worst opportunity... Train Maintainer (031680) Position Type - Full Time London Underground Salary Range: £38,701 - £50,069 https://tfl.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=031680&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon

Oh, well thats unique to each person, from my 1st assessment date i was done within around 5 months. Most be different for others though.

Gotta do 1st assessment day, 2nd assessment day, final interview before job offer bud. Then gotta complete medical and references before actual start of job. If that answers the question.

Most time spent at Swiss Cottage then Willesden in latter stages of training. Training is scheduled for 8-9 month but its Driving Instructor dependent so expect it to go on for atleast 10-12 with alot of Front Ending, although pay will be back dated to scheduled passing out date you were given...

Theres nothing that's most failed on, statistically it may be GBT but each test is as difficult as the next. Don't neglect practicing all test equally just to focus on the more "difficult" assessment.