Comments on: Should a tube driver be paid more than a paramedic, nurse, teacher or a dentist?

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By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:04:00 +0000

Bruce. What do you do for a living, are you retired and struggling or are you working and struggling. How much do you earn and can you live and have at least one holiday per year. Do you have children to put through college? well i say if I or anyone else had the sort of money that M P s earn or the sort of money Cameron is worth I and you would be very happy and not have the same worry as most working class and middle classes have today.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:27:01 +0000

You kind of agure against yourself. On one hand Bob Crowe is using his members for some kind of polictical reason and on the other tube drivers earn to much, I guess because Bob Crowe is doing a good job for his members. Which is it? You can’t have it both ways.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:58:52 +0000

I tend to agree with Chris on this issue. How much do you earn, how much money does Nick Ferrari of LBC Radio earn and we must not forget to ask Matthew Jeffrey Tory Blue Conservative to the Core, Well Jeffrey How much do you earn. don’t forget any side lines and give us all a true account of your wages please. Is it true that people like Jeffrey would have the service industry ie Train Drivers on 20k per year or less. Why knock the unions when they are simply doing what their members tell them to do thats why people join Trade Unions, some of the comments made on this post are of people that have never needed to worry about wages and conditions and many of the public that use the tube and railways would only be too grateful if they could belong to a union that was able to stop wages from dropping and keep conditions of work at a good level. Anyone that is working full time for less than 30k per year is really having a bloody hard time of it. So instead of feeling jelours and attacking other workers it may be time to start taking on your employer and asking for a decent wage.
LBC Nick Farrari shoots his mouth of against our fight for a decent wage and better conditions but never reveals his earnings. I am a tube driver earn around 40k. so lets set a new example and say anyone adding to this blog dont forget to tell us what you do and how much you get paid. Its only fair to know. Thank you.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:33:25 +0000

I have just stumbled across this article and as a signaller with Network Rail, read it with interest. I am in the RMT but have no love for Mr Crow. What interests me most of all is the perception that a train driver is not worth as much as they are paid. I say perception as it seems that no-one outside of the industry has the faintest idea how signallers and drivers get the passenger from A to B. So a driver gets on board a train and drives it all day and then goes home?

There are dangers in most jobs but how many jobs hold the responsibility for the safety of possibly thousands of people (over a whole shift). Does yours?

Captains of industry trot out the same old line when asked about their salary, usually that you have to pay a lot to attract the best people. Why should this not be so for train drivers. Do you think that you could do it?

If this is the salary offered for driving trains, then this is the salary.

I see that air traffic controllers get about 40K, they prevent planes from crashing in the air, as a signaller, I do not get anywhere near that but perhaps that is because I only prevent trains crashing on the ground.

Nobody is forced to strike even if Mr Crow tries to bully them, the workforce can use action short of strike but have chosen not to, I beleive that this is their right. That Bob Crow earns as much as he does is neither here nor there, a lot of our sainted top bankers earn a lot more and your children will be paying for their folly for years to come. A little perspective please.

By: Philip

Philip — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:07:27 +0000

Train drivers are more responsible as they’ve more lives on their responsiblity than any other employee on earth.

By: Madas Ahatter

Madas Ahatter — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:25:50 +0000

The Underground is a liability for terrorism, spread of swine flu, stress in general, and lack of sunshine and exercise.
It will be better to shut down the Tube altogether, ban most cars from London, and have millions of bicycles emulating the great success in communist China.
Indeed, it will be best to have everyone on equal pay; anyone who does not do equal work will be deported to labour camps.
I believe Bob Crow and his good men will solidly endorse this, and willingly die in defence of our communist system. That’s the only way to counterbalance the threat from communist powers like north Korea.

By: stophe

stophe — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:41:55 +0000

@ Peter Gash –

The argument salary put forth here is robust, but what annoys most people is their greed at a time of financial hardship for those of us not fortunate enough to be on the public sector gravy train.

1. Driving a train is a lot simpler than flying a plane. What kind of decision making does a train driver have? When to brake is about all that comes to mind.

2. Most pilots learn to fly in the military or at their own expense. Tube drivers are trained by their employer. As such, the pool of people to fill these respective jobs is hugely different.

3. A tube driver’s salary is significantly more than a bus driver. Why? It is hardly like they have to deal with traffic, or steering, is it?

By: Jessica D

Jessica D — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:05:29 +0000

Bob Crow is a crook. He is little more than an outlaw, putting a gun to the head.

He is a disgrace

By: Peter Gash

Peter Gash — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:01:41 +0000

I’m no fan of the RMT and totally disagree with what they’re doing, but I don’t agree with your argument about salaries.

Why shouldn’t a Tube driver earn a salary in that range? A commercial airline pilot earns significantly more – but what’s the real difference between their roles and responsibilities? A Tube driver bears the responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of over 1000 people on board their train every time they set off – and they’re loading and unloading hundreds of people every three or four minutes whereas a commercial airline pilot is only responsible for 500 and they only load and unload their passengers once, plus the majority of their journey is automated with little decision making required.

So why is one profession looked down upon with disdain and scorn, and the other lauded?

I agree essential services like paramedics and nurses are underfunded but that is an entirely different issue and not the fault of Tube drivers.

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By: Jason O'Mahony

Jason O'Mahony — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:31:04 +0000

He’s also a eurosceptic who thinks that the EU does too much to help business, and does not do enough for workers’s rights.

By: D

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:34:14 +0000

Be interesting to see what would happen if people, en masse, picketed the RMT headquarters near King’s Cross station, preventing Bob Crow and his cronies getting out of the building. Wonder how they would like a taste of their own medicine?