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I usually just have half my foot on the pedal, like just using my toes, I always think I'll damage my foot long term lol...hope not

Good choice, cab sharing at the moment is voluntary so a driver instructor may not feel comfortable sharing a cab with a trainee due to covid. Wmt especially Birmingham depot have so many trainee drivers who have completed the rules and traction and are sat at home waiting for a instructor for...

With wmt at the moment it will probably take 2 or 3 years for any new starters to qualify. Instructors still have no interest in sharing a cab with trainee.

Sorry meant by doing a little overtime.

If the train drivers pay as rubbish like it was before 1997 nobody would be applying. It's all about the money. Train drivers can earn 75-80k without even trying. Then the big hitters are hitting 6 digits.

Good idea to try and go for the other toc, I'd avoid wmt as they have so many trainee drivers sat at home for over a year now and could be at home for another 12 months due to no instructors that want to take on a trainee.

Still plenty of rest day working so I'm happy.

But it happens all the time, plenty of drivers I've seen join, quality and leave and move back. They're not going to say in the interview there plan is to leave as soon as possible lol

I passed mmi 2nd time around and was told before hand that if I failed the mmi 2nd time I cant apply again unless the tests change in future. I think the mmi shouldn't count as a life but it is what it is. I would join the railway as a guard and who knows 10 years time they may change the...

Before covid, it was just come in and front end, some trainees loved it as they did 1 trip and went home, others hated it as they just wanted to get driving and pass out. Full pay yes.

I dont know why they dont make the January course little later, you'll go through the first 4 months of hard work then looking forward to the driving part you'll will be waiting 12-18 months for a instructor. The amount of trainees for new st still at home since march is mad, and instructors...

Exactly, it's the new norm how they handle training now, I was saying before that this virus might go on for years. I have read a vaccine has been found so we will see, but at my toc its business as usual few more drivers that have been on long term sick have returned this week and are out with...

Trainee rate around 29k for first 9 months then newly qualified rate around 43k, full rate is 2 years from start date.

Problem they have is they are so far behind with the current trainees that it's all a mess, alot of the trainees are still at home as it's taking WMT trains forever to bring them back, I'm waiting for my trainee and to resume the handling. People that are very early into the recruitment stage...

I have most the information on that test written down as from memory I made notes on all the assessments on the train home incase I failed...cant post on here it would prob get taken down

He must have answered 17 questions but made plenty of mistakes....I remember doing around 10 and passed enhanced, we were told the test u will get penalized for errors

I wonder if they will end up putting it on hold until passengers start returning, trains are still very quiet and I wont be surprised if they cut services on certain routes.

Stop immediately, contact signaller...I was going on greens, then come around the corner and its red..s*** my pants and slam the whole lot in...contacted signalled who informed me of a bridge bash incident

They never ask to see them. I know on the drivers course they now do functional skills maths, english and IT but if you can produce a certificate that shows you have passed then you dont have to do functional skills.

Like you guys my trainee has had enough of being at home and wants to get back and get his hours in. Every other industry has resumed work, seems like the unions just like kicking off for the sake of it, what they dont know is their members want to get back to work.