McNulty wages

[trainofhope]

"Sir Roy McNulty received £218,215 for his work on the Independent Rail Value for Money Study, including remuneration for travel expenses."

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Some train drivers (I think you know which TOC I'm on about) can earn £60,000 upwards with a lot of overtime and Sundays!

Both are too high IMHO

 

[AlterEgo]

People will receive wages commensurate with the value of the work they do. That's life.

 

[YorkshireBear]

People will receive wages commensurate with the value of the work they do. That's life.

Not true i think police and nurses deserve a lot more than bankers

But yes unfortunately that is the way it is. £60K that is a lot more than i thought it almost made me want to give up on civil engineering altogether!

 

[Darandio]

And after much complaint, the government will no doubt have to launch a report into the money earned for compiling the report and so on and so forth.

Only in this country........

£218,215 though, for telling most what they knew already and trying to insult as many as possible in the process. Ridiculous.

 

[66526]

Some train drivers (I think you know which TOC I'm on about) earn £60,000 upwards!

Both are too high IMHO

For choosing to work their rest days and sacrificing their free time to make that money. It isn't their basic. And no it isn't too high IMO, other people are underpaid.

 

[TDK]

Some train drivers (I think you know which TOC I'm on about) earn £60,000 upwards!

Both are too high IMHO

Too high in your eyes but if you was a train driver I bet you wouldn't take a voluntary cut in you wages to pay the underpaid workers, they may earn 60k but pay a huge amount in tax and NI to fund others - too much in my book!

 

[Minilad]

Some train drivers (I think you know which TOC I'm on about) earn £60,000 upwards!

Both are too high IMHO

Which TOC is that then. Do you mean 60K basic ?

 

[All Line Rover]

Some train drivers (I think you know which TOC I'm on about) earn £60,000 upwards!

Both are too high IMHO

Oh yes - that would be Eurostar! (Although I can guess which TOC you're thinking of! )

XC pay (almost) as much as VT, as do East Coast, so you can't put all the blame on Virgin!

Doctors get paid £100k+! Being a train driver is also a very responsible job that involves a lot of training. £60k (which would involve plenty of overtime) may be slightly high, but giving train drivers a pay freeze for a few years would be far better than giving them a pay cut.

 

[Jobsworth]

How have we reached the conclusion that £60k is too high? What are we comparing it with?

 

[Darandio]

How have we reached the conclusion that £60k is too high? What are we comparing it with?

That will be bus driving won't it?

 

[All Line Rover]

For choosing to work their rest days and sacrificing their free time to make that money. It isn't their basic. And no it isn't too high IMO, other people are underpaid.

Isn't it illegal to work on rest days, as it is "compulsory" to "rest" on those days?

 

[Minilad]

Oh yes - that would be Eurostar! (Although I can guess which TOC you're thinking of! )

XC pay (almost) as much as VT, as do East Coast, so you can't put all the blame on Virgin!

Doctors get paid £100k+! Being a train driver is also a very responsible job that involves a lot of training. £60k (which would involve plenty of overtime) may be slightly high, but giving train drivers a pay freeze for a few years would be far better than giving them a pay cut.

I think your figures are a bit out of date there
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Isn't it illegal to work on rest days, as it is "compulsory" to "rest" on those days?

No unless you are breaking Hidden

 

[island]

Isn't it illegal to work on rest days, as it is "compulsory" to "rest" on those days?

Rest days aren't compulsory in the UK (they are in Ireland and some other European countries).

 

[Captain Chaos]

Can someone point me to where these £60k basic wage train driving jobs are please? Because the last time I checked at my local depot the basic was somewhere between £35 and £38k. Just so as I know where to put my next application in for a train drivers job.

 

[Minilad]

Can someone point me to where these £60k basic wage train driving jobs are please? Because the last time I checked at my local depot the basic was somewhere between £35 and £38k. Just so as I know where to put my next application in for a train drivers job.

Join the queue please !!

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Can someone point me to where these £60k basic wage train driving jobs are please? Because the last time I checked at my local depot the basic was somewhere between £35 and £38k. Just so as I know where to put my next application in for a train drivers job.

See the edited post.

 

[66526]

Isn't it illegal to work on rest days, as it is "compulsory" to "rest" on those days?

Why would it be illegal to work a rest day? It happens all the time.

 

[All Line Rover]

I think your figures are a bit out of date there
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Which figures? Doctors or TOC's?

 

[YorkshireBear]

consider how often a train driver is supposed to hit someone (once every 10 years no average) i think drivers deserve good pay.

 

[Minilad]

Which figures? Doctors or TOC's?

I meant TOCs sorry

 

[All Line Rover]

Why would it be illegal to work a rest day? It happens all the time.

Because I thought train drivers were supposed to "rest" on rest days, so that they wouldn't be tired when performing their duties.
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I meant TOCs sorry

Let me guess... XC pay far less than VT? Is that correct?
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Rest days aren't compulsory in the UK (they are in Ireland and some other European countries).

Ooo I didn't know that!
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Some train drivers (I think you know which TOC I'm on about) can earn £60,000 upwards with a lot of overtime and Sundays!

Both are too high IMHO

Doctors can earn £100k+ with no overtime or weekend working.

 

[Minilad]

Let me guess... XC pay far less than VT? Is that correct?

Think again

 

[All Line Rover]

Think again

I cannot believe that it is the other way round. I also always thought that East Coast pay almost identical salaries to VT since they are similar railway lines (i.e. fast!).

 

[trainofhope]

eeeerm Mr McNulty is paid over £200k ! and he wants the guards for garters!

 

[Yew]

Its interesting, Mcnulty compared our fractured system of Privatization, to much cheaper to run (and arguably better quality) European systems. All of which where state owned and unified. Yet he doesnt recommend changing the system, merely swapping guards for RPI's.

Maybe he got a penalty fare sometime?

 

[WatcherZero]

Can I just point out that McNulty chaired the first meeting in Dec 2009, so he was working on the review for 18 months, there was also a huge amount of travel involved both in the UK and around europe to compare systems. This works out as an actual wage of 120-130k per year. In his previous job he was also paid 100k over 15 months to run the Londondery urban regeneration company ILEX, was paid 90k per year as head of the Civil Aviation administration and before that he was the boss of Bombardiers aircraft division!

 

[ANorthernGuard]

Can I just point out that McNulty chaired the first meeting in Dec 2009, so he was working on the review for 18 months, there was also a huge amount of travel involved both in the UK and around europe to compare systems. This works out as an actual wage of 120-130k per year.

awwww poor McNumpty maybe he will get a bonus for all the guards he is wanting to put out of work

 

[Ferret]

Can I just point out that McNulty chaired the first meeting in Dec 2009, so he was working on the review for 18 months, there was also a huge amount of travel involved both in the UK and around europe to compare systems. This works out as an actual wage of 120-130k per year.

As if that's chicken feed?! So, he's been paid all that money to write a load of twaddle that a GCSE student could tell you doesn't add up. Funny isn't it - nobody ever mentions how much money is wasted on consultancy by the transport industry. Obscene amounts of money given to University graduates with no actual operational railway experience to offer their sometimes flawed opinion on what the company should be doing. Why in the name of sanity do we stand for this nonsense? It's our money after all....

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What would be the "2011" scale of remuneration paid to Beeching be based on what he was paid at that time?