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Bonkers. The Bloke on the Phone told you more than he should have. The email is deliberately non committal to avoid any liability on their part.
Anyway, if you are going to fail the VSE, then you will fail it whether you do it at Home on your computer or whether you do it at the Southern/GTR...
Do you know why you are not allowed to trip MCBs? What are the consequences of you tripping the MCB? Does obtaining permission then override the prohibition on you tripping MCBs?
How did the passenger get their coat stuck in the offside door anyway? They must have been stuck from at least the last station. Do you want to risk them failing from the train just so they don't have to wait until the next suitable platform?
How do you know the stop board is incorrectly placed? It might be placed there intentionally with the full knowledge that it will foul the points. It may be there to protect a section of defective track. It may be there for many reasons which you are not aware of and the consequences of it...
Is it worth losing your job over and with it the mortgage on your house which you've spent a lifetime trying to earn, the house which gives a home to your family, and is it worth making your Wife and Kids homeless over?
Pop Quiz: vandals place shopping trolley on the line and you know there's a fast train approaching in minutes as you are the station supervisor, do you get on to the track and remove it because you fear for a dreadful disaster and get sacked for breaking procedure, or do you follow procedure?
Exactly... I practiced my tests and applied loads of times over nearly two years before I got the Trainee Train Driver job. Just got to want it enough.
The six-month rule only applies to psychometric tests: if you fail any particular psychometric test then you must wait at least six months before you can reattempt that particular psychometric test; If you have failed any particular psychometric test then on two occasions then you may never...