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The wages and costs of train drivers are pretty insignificant in the costs of running the London Underground, so tiny a percentage of the running costs, yet peo
by joosters 6y ago
The wages and costs of train drivers are pretty insignificant in the costs of running the London Underground, so tiny a percentage of the running costs, yet people focus on them because they earn a relatively good wage (how dare they have a pension that might keep them fed in their retirement! Ban those greedy unions! etc etc ...) Shame on all you haters.
- lostlogin 6y agoI just skimmed a few search results and the wage quoted here is within the upper end of a London average - depending on how you define it. There are obviously a lot of fudge factors and things that skew results due to various factors. Having seen and read of things that tube staff have to put up with, they seem to me to earn their wage. Below is a link to the story about the railway worker who died from Covid after being spat in by someone claiming to have Covid. Note that staff appear to have been sent out unwillingly and were not allowed to wear masks. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/12/uk-rail-worker-dies-coronavirus-spat-belly-mujinga https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/12/uk-rail-work...