Recent content by vikingdriver

We had an IET come over to Salisbury recently.

Perhaps I didn't word it quite how I intended it to come across, it was in reference to the post regarding how MPs may lose their job with little notice, I wanted to highlight that can happen to anyone and yes of course, it would be following more than one incident - though I'm sure there will...

And any one one of us who drives a train could be kicked out on any single day we set foot on the iron road following a significant operating incident!

Indeed and many forum members were very dismissive of that survey!

I imagine it has struck a tree at some point.

At my TOC agreement was reached (presumably across all depots) that non fully productive drivers would book on and continue their learning from home. We have RMT driver members as well, they respect the strike and do not cross the picket.

Indeed and there were occasions at the beginning of it all that I had to go to London on my day off to have occupational health do the test, so a 3 hour round trip plus the time at spent at occupational health. Blackmail? Behave.

Where does it state in the rule book to sound it for 3 seconds like that?

Well they are happy having it that way in our TOC so I suspect as long as the switchover from one to the other was done in a fair way I can't see what issue there would be.

Having seen people dismissed for social media related activities, I'd choose continued employment.

Unless it's changed very recently! During the recent Yeovil to Axminster blockade there were certainly drivers taxied to Axminster. Some went to Exeter as well. Those may be linked to drivers required to have a grub break which would have to be at Exeter.

Yes it finished like you say on Saturday 9th. Now it's over, looking at Real Time Trains there are trains planned to run tomorrow between Axminster and Exeter.

Potentially yes, though I doubt possible during the action short of strike.

Just to point out we regularly change crew at Axminster during engineering work, drivers and guards.

Nothing significant has changed. Sand in brake step 1. That's about it. Nothing a sheet of paper wouldn't brief sufficiently if it needed to be briefed at all.