He said to me that a colleague had received an email earlier (not sure earlier that day or in the week) and that he couldn't issue the other tickets. And he did have problems, and he wasn't one of the people that often works at Hatfield that can't issue anything more than a ODTC.
He was very professional, keen and methodical with his working to figure it out - but was on his own so couldn't ask. I can certainly go back and ask next time.
Of course, I'd expect (and hope) that FCC will consider telling the general public about things it has changed and informing staff of already, as I think it's only fair that the customer is kept in the loop - especially if there are different restrictions!! It's fine to hope that it's an oversight and won't be enforced, but I really don't think you want to be in that position with an over zealous RPI threatening prosecution.
On the train I went into London on today, an RPI was using Byelaw 18 on a kid in a suit, who refused to give an address (saying he lived on the streets!) and this resulted in BTP being called. I didn't wait to see what happened at King's Cross, but given there was a PA announcement a KGX for BTP to attend an incident at the LU ticket hall (didn't say which one interestingly!), I doubt they'd have been in much of a rush to help. The kid was arguing he'd been given permission to travel at Finsbury Park without a ticket, which sounded somewhat unlikely (it is far more likely the gates were open London bound, as it was around 1pm).
I must also add that I'm hardly travelling a lot these days (just 10 journeys in to London since January) and I've had my ticket checked on 8 of them - without any problems if it was the evening peak. So, FCC is definitely on a mission at the moment and they're obviously quite keen on the prosecution route instead of PFs.
