Oh and while some of you are still feeling sorry for the tube drivers just remember that this 2% pay rise is on top of their annual pay increment (for those not already at the top of the scale) and their inflation/index linked pay rise.
As for the "if it's so easy why don't you become a tube driver?" bollocks it is a hugely over subscribed job and they only recruit internally from people who already work for LU and even becoming station staff for them is a serious job, they get thousands upon thousands of applications. Sadly, because of the money and apparent ease of it, it's a job which attracts people who are just in it for the money.
As for the danger and responsibility mainline train drivers have far more responsibility however even the worst train crash (since the demise of British Rail) was Ladbrooke Grove where 2 trains collided due to driver error IIRC there were less people dead there than the 7/7 bombings
I know you say about people stepping off the platforms in front of them and I can promise you it does f*cking tear you apart watching someone die in front of you but any of the emergency services will see worse on a far more regular basis.
As for the "if it's so easy why don't you become a tube driver?" bollocks it is a hugely over subscribed job and they only recruit internally from people who already work for LU and even becoming station staff for them is a serious job, they get thousands upon thousands of applications. Sadly, because of the money and apparent ease of it, it's a job which attracts people who are just in it for the money.
As for the danger and responsibility mainline train drivers have far more responsibility however even the worst train crash (since the demise of British Rail) was Ladbrooke Grove where 2 trains collided due to driver error IIRC there were less people dead there than the 7/7 bombings
I know you say about people stepping off the platforms in front of them and I can promise you it does f*cking tear you apart watching someone die in front of you but any of the emergency services will see worse on a far more regular basis.