I saw another discussion regarding British train drivers again today on Facebook. A few of them bunched up and jumped at anyone who reminds the public that British train drivers are amongst the best paid ones in all of Europe - I checked it myself once and only Swiss ones are paid better... - ThreadSky

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orynski.eu • 7 days ago

I saw another discussion regarding British train drivers again today on Facebook. A few of them bunched up and jumped at anyone who reminds the public that British train drivers are amongst the best paid ones in all of Europe - I checked it myself once and only Swiss ones are paid better...

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orynski.eu•7 days ago

...but as living costs there are higher, they are able to buy less for their money.

They hate when this fact is mentioned. It's funny, as I knew some train drivers when living in Scotland and it was a running gag amongst our friends that they earn a Schroedinger salary:

orynski.eu•7 days ago

they were happy to moan how pitiful their wages are and how their kids are just about to starve. But two pints later they were bragging about how much they make and moking me - amongst others - for how little I make in comparision by driving an HGV.

orynski.eu•7 days ago

But there is one thing that fascinates me: every British train driver I ever met - IRL or online - can go on for hours how difficult train driving is and how it requires some superhuman capabilities.

Well, I tell you a secret: as a Railway College graduate and someone who actually...

orynski.eu•7 days ago

...drove a train, a tram and rode with my train driver friends on the loco on many occasions (yes, those were different times when it comes to Health and Safety and other stuff, don't ask :P) I can leak you a little secret: train driving ITSELF is actually bloody easy.

orynski.eu•7 days ago

(if some of train drivers does not agree, I'd recomend they take a 25 metre long truck and drive it around Nordic countries in winter then reverse it to an icy loading bay or unload 40 pallets with a tailift on a slippery slope during snowstorm using just a pump truck, then come back to me).

orynski.eu•7 days ago

And what baffles me is that as a Railway College graduate, I obviously have several friends who drive trains or other rail things (like Plasser & Threuer tampers or just trams) in Poland and in Ireland.

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