Bob Crow

[sasguru]

Seeing as the whole thread is about London Midland, and Train Drivers I've never been talking about anything else.

So to summarise this thread I think we're all agreed that liability is a complete liability again.

[oracleslave]

liability is a complete liability again.

Hey, that's my line

[Menelaus]

What is the barrier to entry to becoming a train driver?
Aside that is, from being able to stay awake.

These guys are overpaid layabouts and Bob Crow is a complete ****.

Agreed. The man's a complete ****-bucket.

[thelace]

i am reliably told that "that is bollox".

I shall revert back as to why that is the case - but the guy next to me has a brother who drives them on the Victoria Line and he will ask him.

The HSE publish quarterly figures for SPAD's - Signals Passed at Danger.

mmmmmm

SPADs are only one of the potential precursors to catastrophic accidents on the railway. Under 3% of all train collisions and derailments over the last 30 years have been directly caused by SPADs. Since the introduction of the train protection and warning system (TPWS) serious SPAD incidents, and the risk arising from SPADs have been greatly reduced.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Maybe in Japan, but not in the UK. It's still possible to get a train to go past a red signal if you feel like it. Its the responsibility they have that gets them the bucks.
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Not on the Tube or ATP equipped lines

[Liability]

So to summarise this thread I think we're all agreed that liability is a complete liability again.

well better a Liability than a tit? or is it? hmm i guess a tit can be useful. Hmmm let me ponder.

[Moscow Mule]

Not on the Tube or ATP equipped lines

Channel Tunnel & HS1 only???

[sasguru]

well better a Liability than a tit? or is it? hmm i guess a tit can be useful. Hmmm let me ponder.

No a tit, whether a mammary gland or a bird, has some point in life. A liability, by definition, is a pure negative.

[Paddy]

British Management..........you wouldn't follow them out of a burning building!!!

I literally did that once, the thick bu%%&^%s let us out on the wrong side of the building where the fire was. We all back tracked. If I am in another fire, it straight out for me and no following stupid management or stupid fire marshals.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

If ever a job was ripe for automation this is it.
An automated system done correctly would eliminate human error, laziness and general bolshieness.

Indeed. It would also be considerably more expensive to implement than many years of paying salaries.