...> thing called a pipe transfers it from rail tanker to road tanker. �My main point being that reopening more rail .... � All of which costs more than the drivers pay settlement. Time will tell. Some oil products already move... Many rail oil depots are mothballed. Five recently reopened in Scotland. Large pay rises for tanker drivers can only push the balance in one direction. ...

... I don't see anyone claiming you're massively overpaid (I assume this is the royal, trucker 'we', given that you're not a tanker driver) - just that holding their employers to ransom over a crazy pay demand is probably not the brightest idea in the current economic climate. That ...

...says... I don't see anyone claiming you're massively overpaid (I assume this is the royal, trucker 'we', given that you're not a tanker driver) - just that holding their employers to ransom over a crazy pay demand is probably not the brightest idea in the current economic climate. That would ...

... now a shadow of what they were when the strikes happened. I read a comment about tanker drivers being 'highly skilled and working in a dangerous environment'. I feel like that every time I ...oour servicemen - now that is dangerous and many are on less than half what a tanker driver gets. -- Clive We don't die, we just stop paying taxes.

..."furnessvale" <furnessv...@aol.com> wrote �That means less ?41k pa road tanker drivers needed to make that final delivery.... we only earn the same as train drivers, plumbers, joiners or electricians etc, we ... disagree for a second, in fact HGV drivers have been traditionally underpaid, hence the need...undercut rail on price. I look forward to the �100k HGV driver:-) George

...> "furnessvale" <furnessvale@aol.com> wrote That means less ?41k pa road tanker drivers needed to make that final delivery. ..., we only earn the same as train drivers, plumbers, joiners or electricians etc, we aren't ... assume this is the royal, trucker 'we', given that you're not a tanker driver) - just that holding their employers to ransom over a crazy pay demand is...

...: "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng02@yahoo.co.uk> wrote You make that sound like a lot of money. To someone *not* on petrol tanker driver's wages, it is. Petrol tanker drivers don't earn a fortune, they are on a few thousand more than me and I'm only paid the market rate for general artic driving. ...

... wrote: "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng02@yahoo.co.uk> wrote You make that sound like a lot of money. To someone *not* on petrol tanker driver's wages, it is. Petrol tanker drivers don't earn a fortune, they are on a few thousand more than me and I'm only paid the market rate for general artic ...

"Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng02@yahoo.co.uk> wrote You make that sound like a lot of money. To someone *not* on petrol tanker driver's wages, it is. Petrol tanker drivers don't earn a fortune, they are on a few thousand more than me and I'm only paid the market rate for general artic driving. They...

"furnessvale" <furnessvale@aol.com> wrote That means less ?41k pa road tanker drivers needed to make that final delivery. Look, we only earn the same as train drivers, plumbers, joiners or electricians etc, we aren't massively overpaid. -- Regards, Vince. Long Distance Diary 30th May 2008- Switzerland http://trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32454