Recent content by Twotwo

Cant you use a bank statement? Driving license? I dont think they'll accept the other 2 you suggested

3rd party. Most tocs use a 3rd party so there is nothing to be worried about. They reached out to me as they couldn't get a reference from my last company and just asked me to provide my first and last payslip to confirm the dates I worked there.

I had an employer refuse to give a reference (they were bitter I left before my notice period) so all current company wanted to know was the dates I worked for that company so basically try and find your first and last pay slip.

I'm happy for the OP to tell us what the gross misconduct is? And yeah tbf in the railway it's usually guilty until proven innocent so yeah I will assume the worst unfortunately

Tbf I don't know how it works. But as you failed two tests I think this could count as 2 fails? Unless they count the 2 fails as the first attempt as it was done on the same day? But most certainly if you failed both on 2 separate occasions that would be your 2 attempts.

Seems like you've failed twice so that would be your 2 attempts. Unless I'm wrong......

Obviously we don't know the background of what happened but I can only assume the worst, esp to go through a gross misconduct as a police officer, and ngl I would be worried if you was my colleague.

I think people fail to recognise that the railway aint a part of life for many people. They come to work to get paid - doesn't make them any less competent. In today's living everything is about salary especially if you have children and a mortgage etc.

This is a bit harsh. With the current cost of living it's absolutely fine for people to go for the salary and there's nothing wrong with it. There's a lot of train drivers who don't even like trains/railway but do it because of the salary and the role gives them a great life balance.

I'm on it and OH was fine with it. Best to email them or a lom so they can look into it. The only advice they gave me was to take it on days I was off incase of any potentional side effects.

I haven't done an REC call so my apology but like previously said the signaller has always started the conversation with who they are and what panel they are working on. On a side note, between kx and stevenage there's like 3 different panels I wouldn't even know where the cut off point is for...

But again it says the panel on the gsmr. I've never opened the conversation with is this the signaller for so and so from my own experience.

On the gsmr it tells you what panel your talking to? We have a blind spot where it connects to another panel but again it says it in the gsmr. And whenever I've called for something they always start the conversation with what panel they are. I've never had to ask is this the signaller for so...

I won't lie this job is not mentally stimulating. Maybe at the beginning when your learning everything but after a couple of years driving it all becomes muscles memory and tedious.

A lot of GA drivers have recently joined GN, so that probably says a lot...