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Train drivers in UK earn more than pilots

Newspapers in England are reporting that subway train drivers get __(1)__ more than pilots, doctors, police officers and nurses. The Sunday Times newspaper __(2)__ that the three highest-paid drivers on the London Underground earned $130,000 last year. This included __(3)__, bonuses and pension payments. It is a 69 per cent rise in pay since 2012. Journalists say the basic salary of a train driver is $70,000 a year. This is double the __(4)__ wage of a nurse in London and more than what many airline pilots earn. The newspaper reports that police officers in London have a starting salary of $28,000. In __(5)__ to their pay, London Underground train drivers get over eight weeks paid holiday a year.

Many people think the high salaries train drivers get are __(6)__. James Roberts of the Tax-Payers' Alliance said: "These salaries are totally [wrong]....Increasingly, the __(7)__ of a [subway train] driver is getting easier." He said that many train drivers no longer have to drive the trains because many train lines are __(8)__ automated. He said drivers on automated train lines only have to open and close train doors. He was also __(9)__ the drivers were going on strike for more pay. A train drivers' spokesman said their pay was for, "the professionalism, and __(10)__...of delivering a professional public service for hundreds of thousands of passengers travelling on the Underground...every day."

forrás: breakingnewsenglish.com
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1) over / paid / off
2) reports / resigns / denies
3) overtime / holidays / expenses
4) future / ample / average
5) particular / addition / spite
6) unfair / unreal / unexpected
7) rule / role / liability
8) deliberately / fully / full
9) surprised / devastated / unaware
10) exercise / expertise / output