Re: Unions / TFL need to sit down for talks overnight
 

Saw this today, don't know if it's accurate but if it is then i am shocked.

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It wouldn't surprise me.

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He would take annual leave, like everyone else...

Not trying to do an Arthur here, but when I was damaging my liver/defending my country against the Soviet War Machine, our shifts were :-

Day 1 - 16:00-23:00
Day 2 - 08:00-16:00, 23:00-08:00 (Day 3)
Day 3 (after getting home after finishing shift at 08:00) Day off
Day 4 - 1600-23:00
Day 5 - 08:00-16:00, 23:00-08:00
Day 6 (after getting home after finishing shift at 08:00) Day off
Day 7 - Day off
Day 8 - Day off
Repeat until physiological and psychological exhaustion kicks in.... :erm:

In addition to this, every 3 months you would pull Guard Duty between one of the Day 2 or Day 5 shift patterns, meaning you worked a 24 hour shift, and every 6 months, you would have to give up one of your Day 7 or 8 days off for Ground Defence Training (and we had it easy compared to some of the combat units).

Get some in!!! :D

Re: Unions / TFL need to sit down for talks overnight
 

Luxury!!

When I were born I were sent up chimney before I were weaned and only allowed down to suckle on an old sock once a day...

:)

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Just one letter, everyone wants to change just one letter....:D

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:LOL:

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He was Army, not Navy...... ;)

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:LOL:

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Sounds a lot cushier than some others against same Soviets. Mine was
Day1, 13:00 to 19:00
6 hours off
01:00 to 07:00
6 hours off
Repeat for 3 months

Re: Unions / TFL need to sit down for talks overnight
 

Well, if you will go to sea...... :D

Remember the old Armed Forces adage - "If you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined up!".

However, for 3 years, we had a GSFG Tank Regiment less than a mile from our Married Quarters*, and they were closer to the Armoury than we were - so we were probably continuously more in "Clear and Present Danger" than most RN personnel... ;)

*RAF Gatow - the wired fence part of the Berlin Wall was our airfield boundary...

Re: Unions / TFL need to sit down for talks overnight
 

If they strike in the next 2 weeks, I will be very peed off,

Re: Unions / TFL need to sit down for talks overnight
 

Not perfectly accurate. The starting salary for tube drivers is £49k+

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33459515