It's how people in non-monopoly positions feel. The pip will be squeezed too much before long. All trains now are capable of being driven by computers. The unions have managed to ensure drivers babysit the train "in case of emergency", but that will go in time too if there is a continued lack of appreciation that compared to the rest of society rail workers have it pretty darn good.
I hate using them myself but in extremis are buses any help? Probably be full if trains off.
You havnt a clue honestly.Again though, compare that to checkout staff in other walks of life. Could those people selling tickets in stations go into Tesco or somewhere and get the same income for manning the checkout? I'm willing to bet that they wouldn't be able to. This is in a world in which the overwhelming majority of passengers are either season ticket holders or use the ticket machines.
Analysis of Rail Passenger Flow in a Rail Station Concourse Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Event-Based Simulation Models and Scenarios - Urban Rail Transit
During COVID-19, certain means were proposed to improve crowd management in the Birmingham New Street railway station. To validate the current system of crowd management in the station, this paper examines the rail passenger flow in the concourse of the Birmingham New Street railway station and...link.springer.com
It's hard to escape the notion that the RMT simply have the public over a barrel and won't stop until every task is automated away.
Where's your sense of adventure FFS x
I don't doubt that, but that is not something that is unique to rail staff.
I wouldn't swop with a nurse , couldnt actually havnt got the skill to do it don't think they would want my job either if somebody said if you don't like it go get another one.I don't doubt that, but that is not something that is unique to rail staff.
NHS England » Violence prevention and reduction
NHS England » Violence prevention and reductionwww.england.nhs.uk
15% of NHS staff have received physical abuse in the last year and over 30% of paramedics have received a significantly higher proportion. Guess who out of paramedics and train staff is paid more?
This isn't something that's unique either, as data on abuse of retail staff shows that 83% suffered verbal abuse in the past year
That isn't to say that this is right in any way, but many people do a similarly important job and suffer considerable hardships by doing it without having the ability to be a monopoly provider of their services and therefore able to hold the public over a barrel whenever they choose to. I repeat, rail staff are paid considerably higher than similarly skilled staff in other sectors precisely because of this position, and yet they're "still" not happy.
Incidentally, I don't doubt that seeing or dealing with a suicide on the railways is horrendous. Again though, ICU nurses deal with that every day and they take home £27205 on average. How many rail staff would swap with a nurse? Maybe nurses should scrap their pledge not to strike if it harms patients and just say sod it, if it's good enough for the RMT...
Knew a lad who killed himself in front of a train. One of the things I thought of was what the driver and staff must have seen. Some jobs aren’t worth it.
Wassat?
