Is the 48-50K achievable by all tube drivers, irrespective of time served, or is that just a "headline" figure?
I'm just thinking how often the press will use a headline along the lines of "Airline pilots, who earn £100k/200k/etc a year" to stir things up when in fact only a relative handful of pilots across the industry, e.g. senior bods/trainers/managers and even then only at certain airlines will earn such amounts.
(BTW my wife, who is an Oyster card holder, will be travelling with you at the weekend - Piccadilly line - any chance of her getting an upgrade......
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Rgds....