whisky-dave wrote:

On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:48:57 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:03:33 UTC, dennis@home wrote:
On 19/02/2018 23:09, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


There have been several surveys asking the tube users if they want
driverless trains. And the answer is always a decisive no. But hey -
they're only the tube users who pay for it. Far more important to
keep the likes of pamela happy.


If only the tube user paid for it then we would be happy and they
would be broke.

Far too much public money is spent on London and the SE compared to
elsewhere.

What do you think the roads would be like if the tube trains suddently
stopped, you can see what happens on tube strikes would you really want
the roads conjetsed like they are on strike days ?

I doubt the likes of dennis much cares if he doesn't live in London. But
doesn't stop him having an opinion on how much a tube driver should be
paid.

well I don't blame him for having thoughts, I too think tube drivers earn
more than the job is worth but knowing someone in HR the weekely wage
seems a bit vague for shift work and is difficult to work out as how do
you account for a 9-10 week. It's like trying to work out if
academics/lecturers are worth the money when it's said they only need 20
contact hours per week and are paid 6 or 7 days in a week.

I don't know about polytechnics, but in the old universities teaching
students was not the main job of most academics. The clue is in the
name.

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Roger Hayter