"Piccadilly Pilot" wrote in message
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Interesting that none of them took into account the question of safety if
he
were to return to work in an unfit state.

Indeed. There was the usual assumption that all a train driver does is sit
in the cab and drive the train. His point about what would happen in an
emergency if he had to stop the train between stations and, possibly, climb
down to track level or assist in the evacuation of the train was
conveniently ignored. This was about the only point upon which I sympathised
with him.

As is usual, this seems like a case of 6 of one and half a dozen of the
other. If he has had a lot of time off sick why wasn't he moved into a
more
suitable job?

Probably some archaic union agreement which does not allow it!