Thursday 25 November 2010

The latest copy of Taxi Globe (issue 647, 24 November) carries a very worrying announcement issued by Heathrow Taxis (HALTS) on page 4.

What troubles me, is that after making it clear that there will be no more cash payments for voucher jobs, and then retracting that condition after huge pressure from the trade, this contradictory piece of information appears in one of the most respected journals in the taxi trade! 

As my previous post pointed out, the "no cash" option was abandoned because of the furore that it created. True to form, Heathrow Taxis then posted a leaflet in the HALT notice board stating that cash payments would only last until they had sorted out a credit card style option. How can you trust people who go back on their word as soon as they make a commitment? By the way, the directors of HALTS have no right to use the "HALT" notice board, this belongs to HALT members, not the directors of HALTS to promote their own company.

Now it appears from this piece in Taxi Globe that there never was an agreement to pay cash to drivers after the 8th November, despite the fact that they are doing so as I write. But this is not the most worrying part; they are now encouraging drivers who don't have access to their own bank account to use someone else's!!! Why not have it paid into your kid's piggy bank, or even better get paid in M&S vouchers. Do they not realise how irresponsible their suggestion to use someone else's bank account is?

Drivers who may be struggling to get their finances on track are told to use someone else's bank account!!! How low are HALTS prepared to go to force EVERY driver at Heathrow to sign up to their questionable scheme?

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