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You asked for advice and it's been given here in bucket loads from people that don't care who you work for. As it happens you're going to be working for Delta which is bigger than most but much the same in many ways. There are only so many jobs you can do in an hour allowing for driving from A to B for pick ups. If you're busy and your jobs are drop ons then you could perhaps do 5 RTFCs in an hour average take on these £3.50, you could do some small jobs that are bigger than RTFCs but the average take on those is £4/£4.50 or you could perhaps squeeze in 3 £6 jobs. On average you should hope for between £15/£20 per hour on a steady night and perhaps anything up to £30 per hour when it's busy but it won't be busy all night. It's much the same wherever you work, smaller companies have less staff to take work but then they have less drivers that need the work. Delta have a lot of staff but they need a lot of staff they have a lot of drivers. I have 30 drivers making anything from £250 to £325 for 15 hours per week, they work elsewhere the rest of the time. I have drivers that earn up to £900 doing airport work but only 2 of them and some weeks it's only £400 but again they work with other companies too. All I'm saying is don't dedicate all your time to one operator, work smart not long hours and don't forget to get your operators license as Sefton has one of if not the cheapest operator license in the country. If you get your ops license you can advertise for work legit and build it up and then just work for others when you have down time. There are so many options out there it's frustrating to read, when somebody is new to the trade, all the spin the company has been weaving for years.

hello was just enjoying this thread when i read your post, u mentioned work with more than one operator, i just passed my taxi theory and waiting on licence, just wanted to confirm is it LA rule which allow u to work for one or more depots?
in my council they said you only allowed to work with one operator, or u can carry out work with board of education without operator

All the drivers that cover my work cover work for other operators, they are all self employed and I'm of the opinion that if somebody wishes to restrict that then they should employ you and pay respective wages and benefits. There is nothing in law as far as I'm aware to stop you working for more than one operator within your licence distract.

There is a bit on our drivers application form that asks who you intend to work for.

There is a bit on our drivers application form that asks who you intend to work for.

There is also something that states that you have to give the paper part of your drivers badge to the person you are carrying out the work for and that would suggest that you can only work for one at a time.

However drivers here take no notice of this.

There is a bit on our drivers application form that asks who you intend to work for. There is also something that states that you have to give the paper part of your drivers badge to the person you are carrying out the work for and that would sugest that you can only work for one at a time. However drivers here take no notice of this.

thanks for your replies,
in my guide to become taxi driver it actually says

A driver cannot be affiliated to more than one taxi operator at any one time.

except.... a hackney carriage can take a job off anyone/base/MOP/dog/cat/Donald Trump/Migrant ...


If anyone wants me i can do it.....

It is different in Ireland.....A hackney is not a hack as we know it .and the same with P/H..
http://www.transportforireland.ie/taxi/