Rail staff vote against strike action (From Daily Echo)

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  OSPREYSAINT wrote:
  

  IronLady2010 wrote:
  I don't see why they wanted more money anyway. They are set a job to do, but just because of an event, it doesn't change their job role. They'll still drive trains from A to B check tickets etc. Why the bonus or am I missing something?
  
  I don't even see the need for an increase in pay for the Olympic period, they are still doing the same job surely? The only difference is they'll have more staff to help making their jobs easier?

  It's too complex to explain but take it from one knows about these things there many extra duties to be performed when events of this magnitude have to be catered for. The trouble is your simplistic opinion is typical of people who are ignorant of what is actually needed to run a safe railway, because it has been reasonably good, it is common to take things for granted. Only the critics come rearing up when something does go wrong, which of course it will because there is a human element involved. Having more staff isn't that easy, it takes many weeks to train even the lowest employee, it's not like a Security Company that can employ anyone to do the work is it?

  What extra duties? Drivers are properly trained to drive from A to B, now their train may be full or empty, but they still drive it.
  
  I'm no train expert and am not pretending to be, but a train generally runs between point A B C D etc the driver just chugs along.
  
  Am I missing something that the driver will do extra during the Olympics? Will the driver perform a cartwheel or something?"
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