On Mon, 23 May 2022 16:14:23 -0000 (UTC)
Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
><Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
>> Such hardship. Tell me - when was the last time driving your train you had
>> to worry about other trains cutting in front of you or being in your blind
>> spot? Or worry about whether your train could fit the loading gauge of your
>> route? Or have to navigate it around narrow streets with a load of other
>> pissed off drivers behind as you then have to reverse it blind around a
>corner?
>>
>> You train drivers have a cushy little number and get paid a lot for doing not
>
>> much IMO.
>
>Different skill sets - difficult to make a direct comparison of which is
>harder, don’t you think?

Maybe. But no one is going to convince me that driving a train is harder
than driving an HGV or worth north of 60K a year. Its not like a pilot where
you really need to be on top of your game when things go wrong. What can a
train driver do other than apply the brakes and hope for the best?

<Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2022 16:12:05 -0000 (UTC)
> Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> <Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 22 May 2022 08:10:13 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> <Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 21 May 2022 08:37:24 -0000 (UTC)
>>>>> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> <Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 20 May 2022 20:41:38 -0000 (UTC)
>>>>>>> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ministers fear ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ministers-fear-biggest-rail-strike-in-moder
>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> n-history-509fzzzlp>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The usual entitled overpaid left wing troublemakers giving the finger to
>>>> the
>>>>>>> rest of the country. Pity Thatcher isn't still around , she'd have nailed
>>
>>>>>>> these fuckers to the wall long ago.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> <https://twitter.com/__dean___/status/1527725552764960770?s=21&t=8ajzKTlycd2CKN
>>
>>>>
>>>>>> EaQ4WTvA>
>>>>>
>>>>> So no different to an HGV driver then except they don't have to be able to
>>
>>>>> reverse an 18 metre articulated vehicle around a corner.
>>>>
>>>> So you didn’t actually read it then, or are you just pleading poetic
>>>> licence?
>>>
>>> I read it. And driving an HGV or a bus is harder. End.
>>
>> Genuine questions: 1) You’ve done both so you can compare them? 2) HGV
>> drivers have to have repeat driving tests periodically?
>
> 1) I've never driven a train but I've got an HGV and bus license (though I've
> never driven either commercially, only privately).
> 2) No, only a medical every 5 years if you're over 40. Not sure what happens
> after 65, haven't checked.

So in that respect at least driving a train is different from driving an
HGV.

Sam

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