Recent content by plastictaffy

Meh, failed mine. Pretty sure that was my second and final crack of the whip too. Originally failed the 2 handed lever thingy back in 2015ish.

I've heard nothing either way yet. A guy I know who applied at the same time as me had his 'yes' yesterday. I did wonder if it's done alphabetically - his surname is right at the beginning of the alphabet, but mine is at the end...... Who knows!!

Nope, nothing as of yet for me. I await with bated breath.

Yes he is. I told him this also, he agrees. I don't know how many there were, but I'm pretty sure I only missed the one. Mostly they were in the same pattern as when you did them on their own, with another one or two slung in, so far as I could see.

I've passed this on, thank you. It'll prolly be too late this time, but they might extend the deadline for him if he explains, you never know.

Aye, it's Gmail sadly. They can't be recovered. I know, I tried. He came to my gaff to use my computer, discovered he'd accidentally deleted it. I spent an hour Googling for a solution. There isn't one.

Because he emptied the trash folder......:'(

Well, closing date for doing it is tomorrow night, so I guess we'll start finding out Wednesday onwards. Could be worse. Mate of mine also applied for the job, got invited for OPC testing, then deleted the poxy email with the invitation link....... He's emailed and tried calling Chiltern -...

Yes, picked up all of the errors on the dot bar the last one I think. Most of my errors came on the shapes.

All of them except one on the high demand section right near the end.

6 or 8 altogether, 2 or three on the last one. I'm pretty sure I missed one of the higher priority ones on the last one tbh.

Completed the VSE yesterday. I did make around half a dozen mistakes when my concentration waned slightly. I have a funny feeling I've failed it, but I guess I'll find out soon. Good luck to the rest of you.

I've heard nothing yet. Considering they're after a January start, and knowing how long it takes to get things done on the railways, in my opinion they're going to be cutting it fine to get everything done if they don't get a wiggle on. 1696433608 Assume nothing......

Having worked on the railways before a long time ago, and applying for a driver position with the TOC I worked for, I had a chat with a chap in HR. He informed me that the vast majority of applications don't even progress past the paper sift. Knowing that there are always a LOT of applicants...

Folks I've just started the process to become a driver with EWR at Bletchley. I did the computer-y test (2 handed, joysticks and a button I recall)for GTR back in about 2016, and sadly failed - although I did pass the Group Bourdon etc etc. I have heard rumbles that all test results before a...