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Christmas Strikes.
Strikes in store for us, Railways, Tube Trains, Airlines, Baggage handlers,
Post Office, Argos drivers . How can this Muppet Government of Cons,
organise Brexit when they can not sort this lot out? thank god they are not organising the xmas party at the Brewery!.
Post Office, Argos drivers . How can this Muppet Government of Cons,
organise Brexit when they can not sort this lot out? thank god they are not organising the xmas party at the Brewery!.
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Southern Trains drivers can see the inevitable on the horizon, ie the advent of driverless trains. They want to delay this as long as possible so continue to cause trouble over a measure that has already been implemented on most of the rail network.
Driverless trains are already here on the DLR , it is inevitable that ALL trains will be driverless within 25 years or so.
Driverless trains are already here on the DLR , it is inevitable that ALL trains will be driverless within 25 years or so.
That’s a very strong possibility, Eddie.
Fifty years ago the end of steam was imminent on BR. At that time steam locomotives required two people (a driver and a fireman) to operate them. When diesel and electric locomotives took over the unions insisted that two men were still to be employed to operate them when only one was necessary. Only one person was needed to operate the train but the unions insisted that two were employed in each cab “for safety reasons” (even though adequate safety mechanisms were in place in the event of the driver becoming ill, or whatever). Now nobody is surprised to see an “Inter-City 125” with just one person in the cab.
Where “driverless” trains are operated in the UK (e.g. the Docklands Light Railway and parts of the London Underground) there is still a member of crew on board to operate various aspects of the train and to provide a safety backup. The only true “crewless” trains I can think of are the very short services in places like the Gatwick inter-terminal shuttles. These are very short in length and swift access to the trains is available throughout the route.
Of course these things will change and the Unions must change with them. But this is not about that. The Unions have made it quite clear that this action is designed to jeopardise the elected government and, if possible (though highly improbably) bring it down. The Unions have not, alas, learned, despite having their noses blooded on many occasions, that this is not the way things are done in the UK. Meanwhile the Unions “regret” that their action is necessary and their employers’ customers suffer whilst they pursue their idealistic nonsense.
Fifty years ago the end of steam was imminent on BR. At that time steam locomotives required two people (a driver and a fireman) to operate them. When diesel and electric locomotives took over the unions insisted that two men were still to be employed to operate them when only one was necessary. Only one person was needed to operate the train but the unions insisted that two were employed in each cab “for safety reasons” (even though adequate safety mechanisms were in place in the event of the driver becoming ill, or whatever). Now nobody is surprised to see an “Inter-City 125” with just one person in the cab.
Where “driverless” trains are operated in the UK (e.g. the Docklands Light Railway and parts of the London Underground) there is still a member of crew on board to operate various aspects of the train and to provide a safety backup. The only true “crewless” trains I can think of are the very short services in places like the Gatwick inter-terminal shuttles. These are very short in length and swift access to the trains is available throughout the route.
Of course these things will change and the Unions must change with them. But this is not about that. The Unions have made it quite clear that this action is designed to jeopardise the elected government and, if possible (though highly improbably) bring it down. The Unions have not, alas, learned, despite having their noses blooded on many occasions, that this is not the way things are done in the UK. Meanwhile the Unions “regret” that their action is necessary and their employers’ customers suffer whilst they pursue their idealistic nonsense.
The trade unions are just awarding themselves a few days off for Christmas, but dressing it up as elfin safety concerns or, fighting repression, they are not being truthful. As can be deduced from a recent statement by Sean Hoyle, president of the RMT. He declares that "rule No1, was to strive to replace the capitalist system with a socialist order" telling a meeting of hard left activists, "if we all spit together we can drown the b4st4rds" That is the reality of the mindset that still dominates the unions and the Labour party. Nothing very social about socialists you know.
