52K a year for Tube driver's.

[Leekbrookgull]

Good money,but you must get sick of the routes ?

 

[Muzzy]

You must have tunnel vision to apply for a job on there!

 

[Napper]

Easy money for pressing a few buttons

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

You get the odd jumper to liven things up a bit though.

 

[pasty]

23 page binfest about unions

*gets pringles*

 

[Titanic]

Genuine question... why do they get twice as much as bus drivers?

 

[strings]

Genuine question... why do they get twice as much as bus drivers?

I would much rather have a bus drivers' one armed tan, tan the pasty look of a underground driver.

In all seriousness, I would hate to spend my working life underground.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Tube drivers' salaries to rise to more than £50,000 | Business | guardian.co.uk

I think we have some tube drivers on here. Bit of a kick in the teeth for commuters paying through the nose with further increases in fares to come.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Genuine question... why do they get twice as much as bus drivers?

Because they have to work in the dark, I suppose.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Genuine question... why do they get twice as much as bus drivers?

Right wing answer - I haven't got a clue. Don't they just push a few buttons and couldn't they just get rid of drivers all together. Bus drivers get more abuse and are at more danger than tube drivers.

Left wing answer - wrong question. You should be asking why Bus drivers only get half as much as tube drivers

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Genuine question... why do they get twice as much as bus drivers?

A good question at that. I lived in Tottenham Hale for a year, and I watched in awe daily at the gaps the drivers managed to nonchalantly squeeze a double decker through. Add on top of that all the little pissed up chavs you get fighting all around you, it can't be all that fun.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

It's a shitty job isn't it. I'd be interested to know how they work tea/lunch breaks though.

 

[Notters]

The fact that the air down there is FULL of asbestos must be a bit of a negative.

 

[pasty]

A good question at that. I lived in Tottenham Hale for a year, and I watched in awe daily at the gaps the drivers managed to nonchalantly squeeze a double decker through.

I go there daily for work - and they still do !

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Genuine question... why do they get twice as much as bus drivers?

Good point,as i understand it a tube driver does not really control the train (it can be stopped by signals/electronics) yet a bus driver does and that bus can well have 50/60/70 paasengers on it. No bus company or road system could/can stop a 'mad' driver.

 

[ferring seagull]

Genuine question... why do they get twice as much as bus drivers?

Ask the RMT or whatever they are now. Seems a tad excessive to me but !

 

[Bold Seagull]

Where can you download an application form?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Tube drivers are unsung heroes | Duncan Campbell | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

 

[bhaexpress]

Slightly ironically the average airline pilot First Officer gets about half that.

 

[Colossal Squid]

Silly money really. They must get stupid amounts of applications whenever they're recruiting.

Exactly what qualifications or experience do you need to drive an automated train?