rulie
Head Pro
How to tell when your traffic light is about to change to green - the cars entering the intersection on the other road are speeding up!
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HampshireHog
Assistant Pro
Maybe a software update caused it. I have a Sony Android TV that misbehaved with the Home Cinema system. Software update eventually sorted it out.
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Ofcom apologises for 'ill-judged' porn joke job ad
Campaigners say the post, by a senior manager at the regulator, treats porn as a job perk.
www.bbc.co.uk
Lack of humour when they have to apologise for this. I thought it was funny as hell.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
We are going to Bristol on Saturday and staying overnight. We planned on going by train but GWR are cancelling loads of trains on Sunday. This is happening regularly at the moment and it turns out that 60% of train drivers aren’t contracted to work Sundays. As they got a massive pay rise in the autumn, they no longer need the overtime so aren’t volunteering to work.
Red devil
Well-known member
Don't believe everything you read in the papers. There's more to it than that. But basically this is the fallout of Major's rushed and botched privatisation in the 90's
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
No mention of that in this BBC article by the Aslef official. It just echos Neilds post.
What is behind GWR cancellations and delays on Sundays? - BBC News
Great Western Railway has been struggling with its Sunday service during the winter.
www.bbc.co.uk
This article also says it’s down to staff shortages…
GWR explains why Sunday train cancellations will continue
Last weekend rail passengers were urged not to travel on any Great Western main lines due to staff shortages
www.independent.co.uk
Red devil
Well-known member
Because instead of bringing Sundays into the working week at privatisation one is left with dozens of companies on dozens of t&c's.No mention of that in this BBC article by the Aslef official. It just echos Neilds post.
What is behind GWR cancellations and delays on Sundays? - BBC News
Great Western Railway has been struggling with its Sunday service during the winter.
This article also says it’s down to staff shortages…
GWR explains why Sunday train cancellations will continue
Last weekend rail passengers were urged not to travel on any Great Western main lines due to staff shortages
As i said there's more to it than appears. But just because someone doesn't want to work overtime shouldn't stop the railway
PaulMdj
Well-known member
The first article also says it’s 60% of GWR Staff, not 60% of train drivers.No mention of that in this BBC article by the Aslef official. It just echos Neilds post.
What is behind GWR cancellations and delays on Sundays? - BBC News
Great Western Railway has been struggling with its Sunday service during the winter.
This article also says it’s down to staff shortages…
GWR explains why Sunday train cancellations will continue
Last weekend rail passengers were urged not to travel on any Great Western main lines due to staff shortages
Neilds
Assistant Pro
I didn’t read it in the papers, it was on the local news and GWR confirmed it. No mention of politics
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Ok, so I got a little bit wrong but doesn’t alter the facts that the contracts are utter madness.
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
Is there a shortage of drivers though? I was on the GWR today, Slough to Paddington and the announcer said there was a shortage of trains!
PaulMdj
Well-known member
But you made it look like the drivers were causing the issue! Also in the BBC article the ASLEF rep stated they’d been trying to get sunday as part of the working week for 20 years.
So I went from blaming the drivers after reading your post to blaming GWR after reading F&D’s links.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
For something reasonably compact try the JBL compact sound bar (about 600mm wide) . I do not about HDMI connectivity though as I used mine of the bedroom TV.It isn't that. That, I looked it up on google, is about controlling from one remote. The problem currently is the box not kicking in at all on occasions, leaving the tv quiet. It doesn't go back to the tv speakers, it just goes quiet.
I had a play around last night. Annoyingly, I tried an optical cable connection and that worked perfectly. Unfortunately, the sky remote will not work with that so we would need 2 remotes, one purely for the volume. Not good. I have moved the HDMI cable around, in case it was in the wrong hole in the tv. Also played around with the tv sound connection settings. That seemed to work last night and this morning but time will tell if that has fixed it. The box is 10-15 years old, it doesn't owe me anything. The tv without it sounds rubbish though so if I do have to get rid I will be getting a replacement in January. It can't be one of the long bars though, that would not pass 'the pretty test' in the living room
Sound out does annoy me I have a surround system and HDMI ARC but when I switch the TV to Netflix from SKY I have to use the optical out and control volume with the amp control remote (so it is easier to always use that remote for volume).
Ps a surround system means small footprint near the TV, just a centre and the two side speakers.
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
It does say a shortage of Train crew is the reason though.
It also says that since 2018 new drivers are contracted for 7 days a week, it’s the older long distance drivers are not.
PaulMdj
Well-known member
The articles you linked quite clearly said part of the issue was planned maintenance and unfixed damage from recent storms.
PaulMdj
Well-known member
Would you work a sunday if you didn’t have to?
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
Not now but when I was younger I would work every weekend I could. But that’s private sector mentality.
Reading the article again it seems like the drivers must have quite a high average age. With 1 in 3 retiring in the next 10 years, also 60% of the GWR drivers are not contracted to works Sundays but all drivers since 2018 are! Does this mean there is a massive shortage of drivers, why? Always been rumoured about it being a closed shop. Wonder if that’s the reason?
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
It's not a closed shop. It's a tough shop. Anyone can apply but it's a one time deal. If you fail your black listed and it's not a walk in the park.
Anyone can apply but many don't because they don't fancy having to work unsocial hours
PaulMdj
Well-known member
Depends on how you look at it, I’ve only read the links you’ve posted and it seems to they have been reluctant to recruit train drivers, expecting those employed to pick up the slack via overtime etc.
Edit: It’s 60% of GWR Staff, not 60% of Train drivers.
cliveb
Head Pro
Apologies if this is deemed political. And come to think of it, it's more than an irritation:
Sara Sharif's father getting away with a 40 year minimum. If ever there was a need for a whole of life tariff, this was it.
Sara Sharif's father getting away with a 40 year minimum. If ever there was a need for a whole of life tariff, this was it.
