Recent content by Thumper1127

Sky News helicopter just about to arrive.

London air ambulance just took off from site

Two more air ambulances just arrived on scene (looking at a plane app)

Ages since I’ve posted here. Here’s hoping injury, and possible fatality is as low as possible. Let’s reflect on the advances of train build; imagine this was in the MK1 days.

Isn’t recruitment/training already underway?

Agreed, less financially painful but still seems a shame to throw a large part of it away. But as Clarence Yard has now confirmed that there has been a very high call for action things must be bad! For transparency (I do NOT take notice of newspaper headlines) does anyone know the precise...

Has this been put to a ballot? There have been a few posts on here saying some Drivers are very unhappy at the prospect of the action. If it hasn’t, test the support for it. If a ballot supports the action then that gives it legitimacy and a basis on which to go into negotiations. It does seem...

Innocent bystander here (ex railway but very much still pro railway) with no agenda. If one of the key issues is being called to be asked whether you can work overtime, simply block the relevant number(s) when you don’t wish to be disturbed. But if there is some agreement about being able to...

As does everyone’s who is on higher rate tax. Just watch what happens in the October budget, I predict that higher rate tax payers (I am one but ex railway) will have their tax relief on pensions reduced to 30 rather than 40% (full) relief. That means a Driver’s take home pay will fall so the...

Interesting. 1.2% of revenue. I wonder what 45m profit in a year would be as a % if distributed across all members of the 4 TOCs on a pro rata basis to their salary. Minimal I would suspect.

Yes, their assessment. I’d love to see the actual figures. Group figures can be very misleading and subject to misinterpretation if not put in context/relative to the respective subsidiaries.

Can you detail the precise profits and, specifically, how much from their UK rail operations please.

Has there been an SWR ballot?

Yes, that’s the point I was trying to get over. For anyone below certain earnings they will be better off than the 2021/22 tax year but above a certain level it will be more than 2021/22 but not as bad as the initial increase we’ve just had. Lower earners will gain, higher earners will not but...

That prompts a question from me I’ve been meaning to ask. Normally RMT would have to negotiate with individual TOCs. Is this the case in this dispute or are they negotiating with the RDG who are working to collectively represent the TOCs? If the latter is the case it drives a coach and horses...