How LONG does it take to get a fare at Heathrow Airport?

[@andrewclark8630]

Great video - but I sometimes wanted to get a taxi to a nearby train station (like Staines, from Terminal 5) or possibly Slough, but obviously I'm not going to take a taxi from a rank after they've been through all this waiting - any suggestions?

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Certain places such as slough and Staines have a fairs fare scheme. It’s a fixed fare where the driver gets to come back to the terminal within 75 mins (Staines) 90 minutes (Slough) 👍🏻 Bottom of this article www.taxi-point.co.uk/working-the-flyers If in doubt, speak with a rank Marshall 👍🏻

[@andrewclark8630]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver Ah ok, I would consider that then. Rail and public transport connections to Heathrow aren't the best if you're coming from the South West.

[@neostigma1306]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver I was just about to ask you this :) I live in the west end and say i am heading to Chiswick business park. So reading that article you posted, if i said i was going to Windsor, a Driver has 90 minutes to make it back ? Also now with the smart motorway the speed has been reduced but still the same times.

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

@@andrewclark8630 just get in a taxi and tell them where you want to go, they'll drive you there and you'll pay them. it's not your job to conceive a way to maximise their profits. they take that chance ranking up.

[@andrewclark8630]

@@cliveramsbotty6077 I don't think they make massive profits. I did actually try a couple of times about 10 years ago, first refused because it's a short distance, second time quoted an outrageous fare to go to Woking.

[@JonasGrene]

I'm SO happy you're allowed to create in-cab content again, Tom! All the best to you in 2022!

[@MrZarewna]

Literally the best news I've heard in a long time.

[@haunter4708]

What happened to stop him?

[@JollyRogerTheDodger]

Laws are changing. Soon it'll be illegal to video while driving.

[@loejets]

@@JollyRogerTheDodger how can they enforce that? How about CCTV in taxis and dash cams?

[@Dave-ko2pr]

Surely not? Cctv is getting more popular in cars. And most cans and taxis have cctv in them anyway

[@Britec09]

Tom, my dad was a black cab driver and he used to say kipper season lol He just passed away at the age of 81, cabbing was his life. Thanks for sharing your cab life we us.

[@JulianShagworthy]

For a 4+ hour wait, I'd expect continuous use of that rank until the time that I decide to finish that day! The fact you only get 2 or 3 fares out of it (at best) just seems outrageous to me...

[@lisajessop6068]

Thought the same thing. Your wasting those hours, when fares can be made.

[@henrysmith883]

Totally. It’s nuts. I reckon those Heathrow drivers can’t be arsed to work very hard. Plus there’s Uber at the airport. I got one the other day and the driver said he hardly had to wait at all.

[@AlonsoRules]

you could make money by doing local runs only from a dedicated rank

[@stuartm4921]

To be honest until I watched your videos I had never been in a cab whilst in London. Gave me the confidence to get one knowing the work you guys put in and not having a fear of being ripped off. And the journey was lovely. Keep up the good work!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks Stuart

[@simoncarney9944]

Fabulous to see the driving videos back Tom, I’m glad that TFL and yourself have worked out a compromise! To be honest I think your videos are a great advert for the cab trade. When I’m in London it’s the easiest way to get around. 👍🏼

[@m20newell]

So glad the in-cab videos are back. Really informative, and they've made me stop using Uber when in London. Just wish our local cabs were proper taxis rather than those horrible converted Peugeot vans!

[@dobrien757]

They actually aren’t converted, believe it or not. Probably a Rifter or a Partner tepee, weird names, typical french

[@robmarshall9026]

So glad you can record as usual again. You were literally the reason that I started relying less on Ubers in London.

[@andyrob3259]

@Fred Arthur so are cabs that refuse fares unless you spend £xxx with them. No sympathy if they go to the wall then.

[@tonyclifton265]

that's a great idea to have multiple rows that can move forward, so you're not constantly budging forward every minute. but after waiting there so long hoping for a rich tourist to a central london hotel, what if a passenger gets in and asks for somewhere just round the corner? as a passenger i always hated using a taxi rank in case my destination was just round the corner and the cabbie hated me.

[@tomsixsix]

Short journeys allow the cab driver to skip the queue when they come back around, he mentions this in another video

[@Pieter2360]

Never realized how this taxi thing works at airport but it doesn’t make sense to me why there’s an ‘inventory’ of 4+ hours of taxis waiting idle for the next ride. What’s the business model behind this? There must be so much data available that forecasting the actual demand for rides should be easy and should allow for a system with just a minimum of taxis queuing up for the next ride.

[@Cubeforc3]

Sounds like there's way too many taxi drivers if it even makes sense to sit there for 4 hours for one fare

[@L.F.P]

It’s like a history lesson as we go as well . I go London with my mum every so often and it’s so interesting for someone who lives in the countryside .

[@dadt8009]

The feeder park queueing system is very interesting and clever. I didn't know about it before.

[@deliverwho2184]

So happy to see in cab stuff! And great to see you at Heathrow. I was a airport driver for 5 years but unfortunately the way things have been ive had to pull out. I do a school run now Monday-friday and deliver food on the weekends.. we do what we have to do! Really enjoyed the video. Can't wait for some more in cab!

[@davidjames-maddaford4531]

Fascinating! Glad to see that not only Brisbane Queensland and around drivers’ donot use their indicators. I would rather pull teeth out of the mouth of my Hen, than drive a taxi. Kudos to you, good Sir!

[@tonyclifton265]

it's much harder to spot people hailing you than i expected. you've got eagle eyes. even when the white arrow points out the fare i cant see them. i used to think taxi drivers were blind whenever one passed me by but it's well hard to see passengers at night

[@Amy-tb3rd]

This popped up on suggested videos and I Love that your doing this! I manage a private hire company and the public just don’t realise what you guys as drivers have to go through to just try earn min wage! I’m sure it’s very different around London than where I am but the basics remain the same. Keep up the great content x

[@yemalad1.]

I'm an uber driver, I could not stand to wait for 5 hours for a job! It's insane, especially if it's a shit fare but whatever works for you mate. Stay safe 👍

[@RestlessBen]

Okay, I think I now understand (5 years later) why my taxi driver at Heathrow was so angry with me. It was in the evening and I arrived at Terminal 5 by train and my flight was the next morning, so needed to get to the nearby Premier Inn. The info desk said a taxi was the best option, so I went for one. I could tell the taxi driver was very angry, but I had no idea why... until this video. He was probably waiting hours, just for me to go for a 5-10 minute drive 😞

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

A local job the driver gets to come back to the terminal. If it’s very late he might come back to the terminal but no more flights means he has to wait until the morning for a job. It’s just the way the system works. I never let it get to me as that’s the game I play 👍🏻

[@SouthLincsMiniOwnersClub]

It's the luck of the draw though. Even in private hire, when I used to put out a job, I'd call on the radio for a car to the pickup location and those drivers in that area wanting the job would call back. The one furthest up the queue got the job. It may have been a pound job or an airport run to East Midlands or Manchester. Some drivers loved the airport runs but they could be gone for ages, and in Manc they were out of radio range (no mobiles in late 1980's) yet other drivers preferred making money doing lots of 5 minute £1 jobs. I had a magnetic noticeboard in front of me and a magnet for each driver with their call sign on. That way I could move them around, knowing approx where each car was. They be moved over to the far right when given a job, as would the next one and so on and they'd gradually work their way up to the left so they were next in line for a job. It ran really smoothly. Magnets & scraps of paper 📝 worked a treat.

[@Cancan2020]

Never mind the Driver in question, it was very excruciatingly painful for me to read your story.

[@derryneathhoman-james1434]

Hi Tom, I've recently re-discovered an old tv series I used to love on youtube. The $100 taxi ride. Basically, a presenter turns up in a city (starting at a convenient point) and hands over $100 dollars and asks for a city tour. I watched this about 10 years ago, so would be curious what a hundred quid would get from a London cabbie as a city tour (starting somewhere sensible in Central town) today. And do you get asked to do this kind of thing often?

[@festusbojangles7027]

not very far thats for certain

[@mickharrison9004]

To be fair you deserve everything you get after doing that knowledge smashed it for life .

[@razvaxultra6333]

Excellent job black cab good quality 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@tomobrien8417]

I rent a flat out in stokenewington,i hadn't been there for a couple of years and i did not have a clue how to manage to get out of this area, the Police came up behind me flashing to make me go forward i got out and asked which way , his answer was these went in overnight and they did not know.They could not get to their own Nick on the High st. Cheers MR KAHN another ballsup

[@JohnTaylor-bf6ll]

You'ld have more fares if the fares were cheaper. Problem is - your vehicles are unecessarily prohibitively expensive. Its not a requirement anywhere else.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Cheaper than what?

[@JohnTaylor-bf6ll]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver well cheaper than it is at present!!!!! I could FLY from the airport to some destinations for the same price!!!

[@ryanmitcham5522]

Awesome to see the in cab video back. I realise you've got to avoid whatever caused the issue the first time around, but I really missed the natural in cab audio rather than music. Any chance of having natural audio, even if you have to mute it when the passenger is speaking? I'd rather have the genuine audio with mutes than not!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Tough balance really, some people like the chill music. I agree the natural ambience is good but sometimes the silence is deafening 😂

[@tonychan8558]

Hi Tom. Great video. Couple of questions about Heathrow. 1.) As you say, it's not very lucrative, so why do it? It looks like you're sitting there for four hours and earning no money. 2.) Is the £7.20 fee worth it? I can only imagine what a local fee is, but can't you get that in Central London anyway with no fee? Or are you just waiting for that one big fare into Central London? 3.) What's stopping a cab going straight to a Terminal, skipping the feeder park entirely? What's stopping people doing that? Keep up with the great videos!

[@baconoverflow4384]

What happens if you get a short distance fare? Like someone wanting to go to say Hayes or Feltham? Do you then go back to the end of the queue and wait another 4 hours?!? That would kind of suck? I was in Las Vegas for a conference a few years ago and had to go from one hotel to another just next door with a bunch of equipment that I couldn't carry by walking, so I got a taxi from a looong queue of taxis in front of my hotel. When I told the driver where I"m going, he got suuuuuper annoyed. Threw my change at me when I got out lol

[@jonasgeist7779]

I heard they have a policy (I think about 1 hour) and if you come back within that time you can go to the front of the queue

[@baconoverflow4384]

@@jonasgeist7779 Ooh that would make sense!

[@kodzos]

I’m curious to get an answer on this one. I’ve taken a taxi from Terminal 2 to the office at Stockley Park which is two miles away.

[@AlonsoRules]

if you know you're not going very far, always try to get a street taxi not one off a rank

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Jonas is correct. There’s a few areas where you get to come back to the terminal rank rather than the main rank. It is to incentivise the smaller jobs. So in the case of this video, a local job or two would have made a massive difference to my day 👍🏻

[@thekingchance1480]

I don’t know why I have just watched 15kmins of your driving about ! But I enjoyed it and now you have a new Subscriber!!!

[@davidhartley94]

This style of video and editing I think is the best I've seen of yours yet.

[@raindog7733]

I used to be Hackney driver in a different town, and it was just down to luck, at the end of the week, we all probably earned the same amount. If any driver tried to avoid a short fare, which happened, they'd soon get put in their place by the other drivers . It's simple, why can it not be the same here, the public have a right to just get in and go where they like as long as they're paying. Unless the driver is at the end of their shift and they don't want a long fare.

[@wendylim1936]

Thank you for the tour of London streets at night time. Hope to be back in London and Heathrow Airport after 12 years away.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

🍀

[@daylen577]

Oh man he doing it. Glad to see you're back at it again! What's the starting fare at Heathrow if you have to sit and wait for over 4 hours before you even have a chance of picking up a job?

[@matthewoconnor5155]

My dad was a London taxi driver and he packed it in the overheads were to high the cost of a cab is to expensive and there is not enough work to cover all the expenses how ever I take my hat of to you guys for the work of you put in

[@pieplicht]

Hi Tom. Such a pleasure to be on board with you once again. The music mixes very well with the content. Always looking forward to your next video!

[@FevuhhHD]

Love the in-cab content / a day in the life type videos, can just switch them and listen along

[@gerardburton1081]

It was always my view to keep away from away from the airports what I didn't know that were this quiet. If you had worked on the streets you could have doubled your airport money. With all of these road restrictions it must be really really tough to make deliveries into the west end but Khan't thinks that people drive for fun. The days of the pleasure drive ended in the 1970s long before I started driving.

[@intruder313]

So it cost you £7.20 and 4.5 hours to get the job? I hope the fare is massive to compensate ! (I never get taxis and have only been to London about 4x but this was insightful indeed)

[@tootex1]

Yesss the POV in-cab videos are back. Keep these coming Tom and well done mate

[@koreainsincere]

Such a treat having these videos back.

[@victorgordon3334]

Tom your a good man .trying to do your best .I love watching london with you .what a city ☺

[@KingCharles3]

wow, never knew about the long waiting for drivers! great video

[@Taximan2002]

Great stuff that you can film your working day again. I’m not sure I’d have the patience to sit and wait all that time for a hire at the airport, I’d rather my wheels were moving. As a Glasgow taxi driver we aren’t allowed to pick up at the airport unless it’s a booking and even then we are only allowed to wait 5 minutes to see if a job comes in, we then have to leave the vicinity of the airport as it isn’t in our licensed area.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

There’s a good social aspect to the canteen, can catch up with other drivers you haven’t seen for a while too

[@Taximan2002]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver ah, gossips 😀😀😀

[@KnugenMooMoo]

I echo all the comments its great to see the in the cab videos are back Tom, And the smooth jazz music back 😎

[@happyhermit2022]

Good to see you back in the cab again, I like all of your uploads but in the cab is particularly interesting 😊

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks 👍

[@truebrit3578]

Very interesting video although I can’t believe that there isn’t someway that the taxi regulators/Heathrow airport could not find a way to control supply and demand better than having drivers sit for hours in a waiting feeder area. Seems a competitive disadvantage for a black cab driver.

[@RandomDirectors]

If only there was an app that could match drivers with passengers.

[@DougieMontana]

Drivers know the waiting times at Heathrow but choose to do it, it’s a social life for them at the canteen. 3 jobs into town and they are happy.

[@TalkNorwichCity]

Loving these videos. I find them so therapeutic to watch

[@iamdronee]

So so pleased to see you've managed to come to an agreement with TFL. I do wonder what the terms of the agreement are, but I suppose that doesn't matter. You are back!

[@prodigalretrod]

Looks like it's just "mute the audio when there's a passenger" - I can live with that!

[@bawanjj]

Hi Tom, just wanted to let you know that you can go through the Stoke Newington, church street after 7pm, hope that help full :)

[@soledieairvideos5974]

As an American I’m confused the entire time your talking about the London area but I’m still enjoying it!

[@toranshaw4029]

All this talk of ranks reminds me of the one in my home town, on Haven Green (opposite Ealing Broadway).

[@jonathanbott87]

Better than Chicago -they don't get directed to a terminal so the time I took a taxi from ORD, the taxis were all getting called up at the first 2 terminals and weren't making it around to the mine. 40 min wait for a taxi (but ride-share was a longer wait & super surging)

[@DaveVespa]

Does waiting for 4-5 hours at Heathrow work out to be financially viable then?

[@TheMrBigBadBrad]

Depends on the job. It's less money than just working in town. If you get a city centreish job it's ok. If you get very local (so waiting hours for a small fare you get a ticket to come back into the terminal and get another job).

[@54spatula]

@@TheMrBigBadBrad It would have to be a good job with that amount of waiting though wouldn’t it?! That’s basically half your day waiting, I’d want at least £250.

[@TheMrBigBadBrad]

@@54spatula you think a black cab is turning over 500 quid a day? Definitely not and especially not on airport jobs.

[@54spatula]

@@TheMrBigBadBrad Black cabs in Norwich at the weekend do. Is this true then? I thought they’d be making a killing down there!!

[@TheMrBigBadBrad]

@@54spatula Don't think so. Heathrow to central london is about 60-100 quid depending on traffic. If you could get 500 quid a day in fares you'd easily make 100k a year after expenses

[@Finggy]

That was a nice cruise around. Never had an idea about this Heathrow ranking system.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks! Yea I find the whole system fascinating

[@Finggy]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver it is and organised too.

[@kateelizabeth3496]

Hi Tom, I know that this is an older video, however if you come across another situation with a parent/carer heavily intoxicated with a baby, you can report this to the police or Children Services if you are concerned. Really enjoying your videos and now subscribing!

[@highbury1972]

Another good informative video Tom. Kipper season is always incredibly hard. The reality of it is that once you take your overheads out the day’s work of wages drops below minimum UK wage. The upside of self employment is it’s freedoms and the downside is the lack of trade in January and February coupled with Covid restrictions. Four hours plus the fare to Sloane Street is on average half of a working day. I hope trade picks up for you.

[@Tyronnster]

Got to admit you're channel is my guilty pleasure. What's the rough cost of a Heathrow run?

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Haha thanks Paul 👍🏻

[@gordonking5710]

Omg so great to see you driving video again tom that makes me so happy there so interesting and gives us a show of London areas too pls pls keep them up thanks so much wish u loads of pick ups takecare

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you Gordon 👍🏻

[@BOMBAlol977]

Nice to see Tom the taxi driver doing a day in life again can't wait for a another day in the life video

[@paulmark63]

Hi it’s paul first time watching brilliant my late dad was a black cab driver Gibson square to Manor House first run on the knowledge

[@manifernandez6300]

Euston underpass is not for cycles. Apparently its for the buses to not get jammed over the overpass. TFL BUS shareholders approved👆🏼

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Didn’t realise this, that does make some sense actually 👍🏻

[@oneteaminbristolbcfc]

Sooo glad you made this!! It was so informative. I just thought you just turned up there sooooo so much the public don’t see or understand. God bless ✌️❤️ Just wanted to add that you do more for cabbies as in informing people than most councils do!!! Keep up the good work!!!!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you so much!!

[@benz.]

Great to see that the customer recognised you from the videos 😂

[@MattNav]

Love that this randomly popped up on my KZbin feed, nice job Tom and loved seeing into the world of London cabbies which I've never really known much about! +1 sub Fun fact, I'm usually watching aviation videos so I guess the use of the word Heathrow in the title made KZbin decide to send your video my way 😅

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks Matthew! Maybe KZbin just lumps it in as transport, who knows, I do love the odd aviation video from time to time

[@ChrisDuffy_82]

But worrying that a cabbie doesn’t know that Euston road, the underpass and indeed the Euston circus junction above is TfL red route.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

I’m not sure what you’re referring to?

[@ChrisDuffy_82]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver 9.52

[@finalfootage2377]

Great to see you back behind the wheel again Tom, I look forward to seeing what you bring us next!

[@FlyingPigUnited]

Great vids, love the little touches little showing the route you took drawn on the map with a marker so we can visualize it too, good stuff keep it up

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you

[@jjfromhonolulu9023]

Woo-hoo!! I'm back in the cab riding with Tom in my favourite city!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

It’s a great place! Thanks for watching

[@carlmuhm3896]

Tom so happy your back... maybe next time more airport pickup 's

[@LightbulbTedbear2]

I understand that the pedestrianisation of various streets is affecting your business, but walkability and the quality of urban space will always be higher priority than protecting the jobs of a few cabbies. I value the residents' right to not have loud pollution machines constantly driving past their houses over your right to keep making money in your chosen line of work.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Massively, but London is a huge city and lot of priorities need to be considered. If it’s pedestrians then how will that affect the cyclists? If it’s the cyclists then how will that affect the drivers? If it’s the drivers then how will that affect the truckers? It’s a huge balancing act, and some days on Oxford street and I see; truck, taxi, private vehicle, Uber, cyclist, pedestrian, electric scooter in the space of 10 seconds… I think… wow. TfL have one hell of a job on their hands!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Also what pollution? I have conformed to the mayors zero emission plan by purchasing a £60k electric taxi

[@LightbulbTedbear2]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver Wow, I didn't know your taxi was electric, that's amazing. And btw I meant no disrespect, I think your work is important. However more space for cyclists and pedestrians is also very important. Cars/buses/lorries already take up more than their fair share of space.

[@mixingshed]

People driving their "polluting machines" have been keeping to economy of London going for years. Many of them were told to buy these vehicles and now that more profit can be made from newer technologies, the goal posts have been moved again. No one is forced at gun point to live in a city and there are plenty of quiet rural places away from pollution. At the same time, there are many people out there who simply cannot afford to invest this kind of money into electric vehicles and are just trying to survive. It is very easy to penalise these people financially and try to force them to live differently, however, one has to wonder where this will eventually end up...

[@theexterminator1639]

Loved the video where you played “the Getaway” greetings from a Amsterdam taxi driver

[@paulsteer6344]

New subscriber. Great videos and you're everything that's great about London cabbies - polite, professional, knowledgeable and friendly.

[@richardkaberry8790]

Loved this one Tom. Great to see the driving videos back!

[@nadim2769]

Great video tom, never understood how the ranks worked at the airport but makes sense now. But when your waiting like youre doing so at 3:22 , how would you leave if you had to go home for emergency reasons etc.

[@DonutTeaBagle]

You can’t unfortunately

[@jamesmc1272]

4 hour wait for a fare, How do you survive.

[@stewartstewartstewart]

You’re absolutely right, nobody knows that those signs mean no through road. Who thought a circle ⭕️ was a good idea.

[@preston30]

It's nice to see about Heathrow Airport, I had no idea about the queuing system, they have the same in Miami cruise port.

[@masonrogerss]

Honestly have no idea why I got recommended this video but safe to say I just binged a good few instead of writing my uni research report haha

[@SimonGreenway]

This might explain why we couldn't get a black cab to Stanwell!

[@davetalksfootball8470]

Nice to have these videos back great that your allowed to do these again keep up the good work Tom!!

[@aidan7294]

Honestly brilliant to see the in-cab videos again! Great vid as always Tom :)

[@msmikemann807]

years ago whilst waiting you could get a haircut or service or even get a new tyre it was great in those days

[@NickCBax]

I’m a Lyft driver in Seattle and I’ve noticed the 8pm to 9pm slowdown as well. Think it was mentioned around.. 13:20

[@janet1717]

We arrived and husband had booked taxi to pick us up and deliver us to Kent. It was at least a 90 minute, maybe a bit less. 100.00 £. Personally we considered a bargain

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

If you haven’t booked, always worth asking a driver on the rank of they will do a deal to go that way. You might catch a driver end of their shift who would chance your arm at that job

[@richardalford4437]

Great video glad you can do these sort videos again. From fellow taxi driver in Plymouth 👍

[@fc9853]

Once I tried to get a black cab from T5 to the long stay car park. The cabbie wouldn't take the fare and I just thought he was being difficult. Now I totally understand why you wouldn't take a tiny job after going through all this! Fair play

[@thomasNL030]

Love these style of videos Tom! Interesting insights all around.

[@thomasNL030]

Oh, and that book by Craig Taylor is great! I thought it was a lot of fun, as a foreigner.

[@orbitpowder]

New subscriber here! Came across your channel randomly, but love the content. Very refreshing to see a Cab driver's day to day routine. Keep up the good work.

[@Dave-ko2pr]

I had no idea there was a large car park for taxis where there was such an organised system for cabs at Heathrow!

[@saj3298]

Great to see you back on the road, looking forward to more videos & great you can record again as per before. :)

[@WilliamPightling]

Hi Tom. Great to have the driving videos back 😀

[@hishmaj]

So after all that waiting, is it really worth your time? I have always faced grumpy taxi drivers when they hear my destination is close to the airport. And I totally get it why, but what else do you suggest I can do better so that everyone wins? No, I won't tell the driver to take a longer route haha

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thing is on shorter journeys the taxi and go straight back to the terminal. I guess we all have different ways of working but I like a couple of small ones as it keeps me in the Heathrow system. All just depends on time of day and when you’re going home. But that’s the nature of the game ultimately.

[@YousafKhan-uw4lr]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver lol and then wait a another 4 hours for 15 pounds

[@tommyv4980]

@@YousafKhan-uw4lr exactly what the fuck, how is that profitable? You make money when you are moving passengers. Sitting idle doesn't pay

[@barnabylee9763]

Chislehurst! That’s where I’m from. Mad it’s got a shout on here 😂

[@EdOnYoutube]

A live map of the car & live fare cost could be cool. Also if you pointed out the interesting places you pass while driving, like saddlers wells thestre or St. Paul’s cathedral etc etc

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Ooh definitely that’s a good idea. Fare cost I won’t share though

[@hatchingdraggon8073]

So you have to queue all that time for a single fare? What happens if they want a 4 mile hotel transfer? On the website it says 4 miles costs £16-£24, surely that isn't worth it for the driver.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Local hotel transfer usually comes under the local zone. Whereby you get to come back to the terminal rank, rather than the big rank. Effectively a queue jump 👍🏻

[@DamianBrown]

This is what I wanted to know. I imagine it's worth it or he wouldn't do it but I don't know how. Not being a taxi driver 🙂

[@CrowdControl2K8]

I used to live 2 miles from Heathrow and used to get so much grief from the drivers when I tell them my destination. On two occasions I had arguments with the drivers and one was just full on rude and wanted to fight!.

[@stevebluemed8163]

I don’t get it. Why wait 4 hours for 1 fare, thought the object of the exercise was to make money?🤔🥴

[@liammcvey6517]

Magic wee videos. Good on you mate. Hope you make a fortune

[@martinfoskett7697]

Hi Tom so pleased that we can see you again live!! 😂 keep them coming, you are inspiring me to go out and do the knowledge! 😉

[@merlynevans9592]

Great video Tom, so good to see some driving POV back again. I like the day in the life of style too

[@kevcoss32]

Tom I'm taxi driver in Sunderland love watching your videos classic mt

[@ZDProds-c8p]

Another great video, nice to see videos back in the taxi