Transferability + credit cards

[Octavia1]

I cancelled 7 jobs in a row sat night an nobody rang me........
"I'll be out in a couple of minutes is that alright"?
That's code for...... I'm finishing me pint and your goin to wait for me cause I'm more important than you and your a little cunt "

[dalymount]

No rose tinted glasses John,they only have the work,because they ha e the drivers.no drivers,no apps,or dispatchers.if the game is over,its only because drivers are allowing it be over.as I have said many many times we can operate without them,but they most certainly cannot operate without us yet inspite of that scenario,drivers stil allow the tail to wag the dog. Hows rhat for logic ?

[Octavia1]

Ocky never forget we,the drivers are in charge of this industry,but unfortunately drivers decide on a daily basis to give that power away to dispatchers

Yea daily... I believe actually that mytaxi don't give a fuk wats goin on now...... Their ambition is to control the autonomous taxi industry.... Then they'll ride uz all without vaseline

[john m]

No rose tinted glasses John,they only have the work,because they ha e the drivers.no drivers,no apps,or dispatchers.if the game is over,its only because drivers are allowing it be over.as I have said many many times we can operate without them,but they most certainly cannot operate without us yet inspite of that scenario,drivers stil allow the tail to wag the dog. Hows rhat for logic ?

Logically illogical The Punters want the app the punter pays the driver no punter no pound simple as .

[mercenary for hire]

I couldn't find the longer version of this vid but it's still good.
https://youtu.be/9zAu3_ne2GI

[john m]

The answer is simple Transport for Ireland should provide an app as part of our licence fee ,but drivers will say then they will know what we earn .So what if you earn it then you pay your taxes and prsi and social charge just like every other worker .

[mercenary for hire]

They already know what we earn thanks to Vinny ,Ebbs and Mytaxi.

[The Liffey Lip]

John I just cannot understand why you,or other drivers cannot see that you are holding all the aces.do you not realize without drivers,there is absolutely NOTHING they can do.

Your rose tinted view is wrong they have done exactly what I said on Roys they would do .Workcapture they have the work and drivers want the work .Its game set and match to them .They control about 20% of the work .Paddy or Maureen want a taxi waiting when they want it not when the driver decides to turn up .The war is lost the app is the future ,cashless is the future ,Tech has changed the industry just as it changed many others .

Free Alexa's next........"Alexa, how many sovs did I earn on Mytaxi last night, cash only?".

[The Liffey Lip]

They already know what we earn thanks to Vinny ,Ebbs and Mytaxi.

As i asked before, who needs Smart tech?

[Shallowhal]

John I just cannot understand why you,or other drivers cannot see that you are holding all the aces.do you not realize without drivers,there is absolutely NOTHING they can do.

Your rose tinted view is wrong they have done exactly what I said on Roys they would do .Workcapture they have the work and drivers want the work .Its game set and match to them .They control about 20% of the work .Paddy or Maureen want a taxi waiting when they want it not when the driver decides to turn up .The war is lost the app is the future ,cashless is the future ,Tech has changed the industry just as it changed many others .

Free Alexa's next........"Alexa, how many sovs did I earn on Mytaxi last night, cash only?".

Sure you already have one "Alexa" in your ear!!

[dalymount]

Firstly John drivers dont seem to have a problem declaring on here their approximite  earnings anyway stupid as it is,secondly do you seriously think punters would stop using taxis because of none availability ?what did they do before there were apps,or dispatchers ?all we need to do,is change the mindset.get them used to the fact that if they want a taxi,then all they have to do is wave.there is enough of us out there ffs. Also on friday,and Saturday nights how many apps ,or dispatchers issue work when the city is hopping  ? Answer none.the punters are delighted to get a taxi off the street.all drivers have to do is reintroduce that culture,and nindset

[dalymount]

Its as clear as fukking day,that control of our industry is there for the taking by the drivers,yet they shy away from it.I have thought about this a lot,and the only conclusion I can draw from it is,some of them have a fear of working for themselves (even though they do anyway) and are institutionalised from their days in the PAYE  sector,and others just like being told what to do .these are the only conclusions I can draw from a situation where men want to give control of THEIR industry to a bunch of bloodsuckers like dispatchers.I have even heard storys of drivers being physically intimidated for picking up at certain hotels

[mercenary for hire]

Back to leccy cars...I wonder if a new entrant might be able to argue that they're at a disadvantage by not being allowed to access the various grants available to new EV owners vs buying a WAT.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Ahem........

My guess is : One transfer allowed. New licencee can keep saloon for 9 years. On changing vehicle after 9 years (or sooner ? ), new licencee must supply a WAT .

A large % of drivers are over 50 / 60 , so they might take the sell option. The NTA have flagged the aging drivers already. New WATs are costing them grant money. Here`s a way of rejuvenating the work force with the added bonus of new WATs coming into the fleet down the line with no cost to NTA.

 They might have a sliding scale for the new saloons before changeover to WAT , for example : 9 year licence might apply to cars that are 3 years ? old. A 4 year old car gets 8 years, 5 gets 7 ,6 gets 6 etc. 

If I was in NTA making this proposal, this would be my thinking behind it.

http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=9256.msg79156#msg79156

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

 There is also a suggestion that all taxies must have Credit Card facilities ,this will impose extra costs on drivers as we can not charge a transaction fee back to the customer .

 What do you think of these proposals ?

If it`s included in the next fare review, they`ll incorporate a rise in the starting fare as they did with luggage charge I`d imagine.