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Urgent call for Irish cabbies in Australia


AN urgent call has gone out from Australia for Irish taxi drivers.

They're needed to fill 1,000 jobs in Melbourne, where there is a chronic cabbie shortage.

The taxi plan aims to attract drivers with the promise of a guaranteed job and attractive lifestyle.

The cabbies would have to undergo a two-week training course, but the standard training fee of Aus$900 would be waived.

Taxi-Link, the largest cab firm in Melbourne, already has 160 cars on the road and is planning a big expansion.

The company originally approached Greek drivers but was unable to overcome problems with visas and language difficulties. Now it wants to employ Irish drivers.

Company founding partner Harry Katsiabanis says the visa rules between the two countries make it much easier for Irish drivers to get working holiday visas.

Mr Katsiabanis said when they offered the positions in Greece the story was carried by all the major TV and radio stations and their website received over 22,000 hits over 13 days with 5,000 applications.

"Most of these applicants are not suitable, as their level of English is not adequate and they will struggle to gain a visa.

"As a result we have researched other countries and believe that the Irish community would better suit our needs."

The company is planning a trip to Ireland to offer seminars and first-hand information to anyone interested in taking up their offer.

Taxi-Link was set up in 2003 and Mr Katsiabanis, who was originally a taxi driver himself, has been involved in the industry since 1988.

Training

Every driver employed by the company has to undergo training. This includes on-the-road mentoring by experienced cab drivers, role-play sessions to deal with situations like handling difficult passengers, and the use of GPS navigation and in-car cameras to assess performance.

The company is involved in all aspects of the industry and has a purpose-built taxi workshop, which includes mechanical services, panel beating and a tyre centre. It also runs a taxi brokerage service, buying and selling taxi licences

http://www.herald.ie/news/urgent-call-f ... 66696.html

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I know an English one who will have some of it.

Well if Jockenlocken does not get success in Brighton

I just wanna get out of here, if he wants to come too he's welcome.

I wonder why he needs to import drivers?
Drivers who don't know the place they're going and will only be there for a limited time?


Wouldn't you just become in Australia, what the Romanians are here?

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Yeah true Gus, but I've not got a problem with immigrants, my problem is the greedy British barsteward who encourages them over with tales of gold, I saw one break down in tears one night, he'd come here and had no idea how he was going to get home again, baron was basically robbing him of all he took on the car and housing.

Why don't you have a whip round for his fare home?
He could even fill his tank and take the car home
If he tells them all back home what it's really like, it'd be money well spent.

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Didn't have to, soon after 6 parked up at Heathrow with the weeks takings and got on a plane, the other two got the ferry back with their new Skoda Octavia's the baron had just bought for them, nice little earner eh, £14k of car for a few weeks work, he takes their passports off them now.

Nice one.

They could report their passports as lost and get another from their consulate

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Do British subjects actually need a passport to cross the channel, when an international driving licence will do, they could always say they have left it in France and are nipping home to collect it

Yes, the UK government opted out of the schengen agreement. Only foreign nationals with no passports can enter the UK, but they can't be deported.

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Is it ALL foreign nationals that don't need a passport or just the ones from the EU?

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Grandad,

Any foreign national can claim asylum, having first thrown away their passport.
They can't be deported because there is no way to know where to deport them to.

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Any foreign national can claim asylum, having first thrown away their passport.
They can't be deported because there is no way to know where to deport them to.[/quote]

Isle of Man here I come, yippee

Any foreign national can claim asylum, having first thrown away their passport.
They can't be deported because there is no way to know where to deport them to.[/quote]

Isle of Man here I come, yippee [/quote]


Hope you've packed enough winter woolies it's very cold there for 8 months of the year I'm told

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