The Flying Picket
First Team
This statement from the RMT Union website says it all really
“RMT is angry and frustrated that a set of proposals that would have guaranteed the safety-critical role of the guard at the point of despatch, and which would have cost the company absolutely nothing, have been kicked back in our faces. There is no rational explanation for the company position and we can only assume that either they or their paymasters in Government want this strike action to go ahead for politically motivated purposes.
and here is the advice from SouthWestern Railways for emergencies
In an emergency
It’s normally safer to stay where you are and wait for instructions. But, it’s also important you know what to do.
So if the emergency is the driver being taken ill, who is exactly the member of staff you are supposed to find, if it is not a guard?
“RMT is angry and frustrated that a set of proposals that would have guaranteed the safety-critical role of the guard at the point of despatch, and which would have cost the company absolutely nothing, have been kicked back in our faces. There is no rational explanation for the company position and we can only assume that either they or their paymasters in Government want this strike action to go ahead for politically motivated purposes.
and here is the advice from SouthWestern Railways for emergencies
In an emergency
It’s normally safer to stay where you are and wait for instructions. But, it’s also important you know what to do.
- if you need to stop the train, pull the alarm, then find a member of staff
So if the emergency is the driver being taken ill, who is exactly the member of staff you are supposed to find, if it is not a guard?