New Posts For Thread: Anybody work for a train operating company?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-companyJust finished my degree as a mature student. Nothing exciting Geography, and have been working part time in a customer service role whilst studying to keep me going.Decided that I would quite like a career on the trains and they appear, (for a similathemightymac04 Sep 14 16:47Joined:05 Apr 02| Topic/replies: 9,720 | Blogger: themightymac's blogI wouldn`t have believed that anybody could earn over a grand a week for driving a train. WOW! Well done Jimmy Knapp, what a leader!Sounds like a good deahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541297039#541297039themightymac04 Sep 14 16:47Joined:05 Apr 02| Topic/replies: 9,720 | Blogger: themightymac's blogI wouldn`t have believed that anybody could earn over a grand a week for driving a train. WOW! Well done Jimmy Knapp, what a leader!Sounds like a good deaThu, 04 Sep 2014 12:54:17 -0500It was, Mac. Very sad indeed.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295897#541295897It was, Mac. Very sad indeed.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:28:19 -0500Yes tommy, Bob Crow was another terrific leader fighting for worker`s rights. I really liked and respected him. Sad that he died so young.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295853#541295853Yes tommy, Bob Crow was another terrific leader fighting for worker`s rights. I really liked and respected him. Sad that he died so young.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:25:52 -0500You're welcome, Mac - and he sure was. Just like the late Bob Crow.It's a great pity we have lost such great representatives for decency for workers in this country, whilst the Tory thieves must rub their hands in glee every time one passes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295813#541295813You're welcome, Mac - and he sure was. Just like the late Bob Crow.It's a great pity we have lost such great representatives for decency for workers in this country, whilst the Tory thieves must rub their hands in glee every time one passes.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:21:45 -0500Thanks for the link tommy on Jimmy. What a guy to have fighting in your corner.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295673#541295673Thanks for the link tommy on Jimmy. What a guy to have fighting in your corner.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:13:50 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295619#541295619Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:10:31 -0500Hehehe!I don't think I'll be applying!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295523#541295523Hehehe!I don't think I'll be applying!Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:06:07 -0500A train driver would be a great job for someone with a degree in Geography. Wouldn`t get lost.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295501#541295501A train driver would be a great job for someone with a degree in Geography. Wouldn`t get lost.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:05:23 -0500Agreed, Mac.This is a great obituary by The Guardian when Jimmy died in 2001:http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/14/guardianobituaries"Knapp came to the leadership of the old NUR in 1983, in the midst of Margaret Thatcher's onslaught against orghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295479#541295479Agreed, Mac.This is a great obituary by The Guardian when Jimmy died in 2001:http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/14/guardianobituaries"Knapp came to the leadership of the old NUR in 1983, in the midst of Margaret Thatcher's onslaught against orgThu, 04 Sep 2014 11:04:20 -0500I wouldn`t have believed that anybody could earn over a grand a week for driving a train. WOW! Well done Jimmy Knapp, what a leader!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30340953/anybody-work-for-a-train-operating-company?post_id=541295189#541295189I wouldn`t have believed that anybody could earn over a grand a week for driving a train. WOW! Well done Jimmy Knapp, what a leader!Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:47:44 -0500