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I guess and that's what concerns me. As a trainee, what's important is how well my DI knows the route and traction they're teaching me. But they also teach you other things, like how the company works, how you deal with rosters and resources, how to get leave, approach swaps etc. Things that...

Surely anyone who wants to be a DI will do so within the relative safety of their own TOC? Who'd leave a TOC job to go here?

Not really sure what you think the answer is other than better footwear. You can't stop trains so the guard can walk through. And even with the best suspension available, you'll always feel some sort of movement

I think that a lot of people who are new to the railway don't really believe it's a thing, until it affects them

They're not. "Shunters" at GWR don't drive anything, they're ground shunters. The role AIUI is a bit of a general depot dogs body. Does a bit of everything where needed. Like an old fashioned shed labourer

They, however, have no booked work over the route so can't keep it. That's the rules as I'm sure you are aware. As they don't officially sign the route code covering Havant, they can't be allocated work over it.

The fact they don't caused huge amounts of frustration in my resourcing role.

No. Westbury haven't signed Havant for years. It is only Fratton who go that side of the triangle.

The way it works is if there's a vacancy and no one waiting you'll go immediately. But the agreement we signed said minimum of two years productive at our depot before we can apply to move. Vacancy or not, you have to wait. Same for everyone then. Can't just start ignoring contracts and...

PT&R being dropped to 1 for all of us was to stop people moving from the East and hopping around the Central and West regions, especially in your position. Had a lot of people in the East doing 2years then moving out to Central region, then finally down West when the slot came up. If you...

Sounds very similar to the incident out west a couple of years ago, which caused significant rail damage over a fair distance

I don't think the majority of its target audience know what bullhead rail is. Or flat-bottomed. Or actually care.

MFA at my TOC isn't worth the paper it's written on, disciplinary wise. In fact, parts of it still refer to BR.... The triggers are also pointless. A former colleague in my old role got MFA'd because he had two weeks off recovering from an Op. Your TOC may be different but I was MFA'd in my old...

The former. The fatigue risk index calculations are based on 60minutes each way being the maximum. If you're over, your fatigue level is going to be higher than they have calculated is safe for the roster to work, and the FRI is looked at post-incident

I suspect the real issue with the search is that a lot less effort is put in by police when searching for an adult male, compared to a missing child or female. If they'd used the same resources they use for a missing woman they'd have had a much better chance and might have found him

Battling Cabfind or CMAC or whatever they're called was half my job in control.

I don't know at the moment I'm afraid.

The washing of hands, the provision of hand sanitizer, the provision of screens between the front and back, the wearing of masks...m 1614536828 The requirement to pay attention to the road, the requirement not to use their phones while driving, the requirement not to drive dangerously (including...

This. Add to that some poor driving practices, tendancy to turn up late to jobs and the lack of covid-secure hygiene, it's not a good picture from our side of taxi drivers at the moment.

As Stigy says basically. At Bristol you'll work to/from SPM and Plymouth to/from Laira Mostly nights and on a reduced salary compared to mainline drivers. Can go mainline after you've served a minimum of two years as a depot driver by applying to transfer. It's not guaranteed and you'll be...