What do you mean by a majority of services ? . My understanding is the figure for DOO was only almost a third of services . And it becomes further blurred when you consider services that have an OBM that is required for the service to run but does not control the doors .Hmm. But do you accept this is a job that doesn't exist on the majority of train services?
And on trains with Guards too.
I can't say who it was or give the stats, because it was off the record. But DOO is widely used already, and has been for years, so the onus would surely be on you to provide stats backing up any claims it's not safe
But we know it is safe; it's far safer than many forms of transport which are considered acceptable, and I'd argue it's safer than some lines where old methods of working are used. Of course the ultimate in safety would be to have all the systems DOO requires but also retaining a Guard, but that's a luxury we can't really afford.
Incidents do happen with guards of course they do i've not once denied that I am merely offering common sense reasons as to why it is less likely .
So you have some stats but cant divulge them because they are "off the record" how very convenient .
Ive not argued that DOO is unsafe , I have merely pointed out that it is an obvious safety compromise VS Guard operation . Obviously I think that is a safety compromise we should not make in order to save a few pennies . I can see why people (who mostly dont work on the railways) might accept the safety compromise because overall the level of safety doesn't fall below a certain standard that they have so think DOO is a good idea.