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Not moving so quickly in the west unfortunately. Some trainees have been told it could be months, possibly next year before they get a DI.

Any other trainee drivers on here participate in the meeting with SMT today? Thoughts?

DTM's have said that driver training will be run in chronological order at my depot, so there should be no 'queue jumping'. But it looks like I'll be more than 2 years in before I qualify.

Not even a whiff of going back anytime soon.

Ah fair enough, apologies!

2 out of 65...3% of all trainees is hardly worth shouting about. And why are the trainees who haven't got to the practical handling stage 'irrelevant'? Are they not as important as any other trainee?

It would appear so.

And that in itself raises issues...should be standardised across all depots, with all trainee's returning in an agreed fashion at the same time. Trainee's shouldn't be disadvantaged because they're at a particular depot where DI's don't want trainee's in the cab, or any other reason that is...

Yeah, I've not heard anything to suggest things are going to be up and running anytime soon. In fact, I've not heard anything...still no contact from union or management to tell me what's happening. Resigned to the fact it will be January at earliest before I'm back.

Is it incorrect though? Everyone is in a different position. Some trainee's, like myself, have taken a substantial pay cut and have had a plan in place to accommodate that cut until our salary increases once we qualify. That has been blown out the water and I know of a few trainee's who are now...

True, there is no confirmed return date yet, just that everything is in place for trainee's to go back. Not sure the new restrictions would make any difference though?

So, looks like trainee's will be going back soon.

School have said that trainee's may get put back a couple of weeks when we return i.e, restart the module we finished on, but nothing has been confirmed. Certainly nothing about driving hours being reset. DTM's are non the wiser about any potential return date - latest is that it won't be...

Ah OK. That's different from what other trainee drivers are being told. As far as they were aware no trainee drivers have returned yet.

Last I heard there was a possibility of some trainee's going back this week, but only those who had started with their DI's. Not sure if it happened though.

They will be so short of drivers within the next couple of years that they'll need to have at least one more recruitment drive. Not heard anything about it happening anytime soon though. All current trainee's are still at home with no definite date for their return.

There will always be a need for drivers bud, just might take a bit longer to get the job.

Seems a bit alarmist. Like vertigo said, it's a matter of when, not if, when trainees return. Toc's & Aslef etc just need to find a solution that works for everyone.

Yes, really. Obviously when trainee drivers have a bit more experience then the instructor can relax a bit more but initially they're right next to you. Hopefully trainee's will get the go ahead to return after the trial is completed.

Yeah, I know that...I meant why are you so sure driver training will recommence once social distancing is reduced? Driving instructors literally sit on top of trainee drivers so any kind of social distancing would prevent them from doing their job safely...