Stimpy wrote:
OE-QuoteFixDave Babb wrote:

I think most people, (me included) would need it explained in very
short and simple word what exactly a driver might need to do that
could possibly involve some movement of foot / ankle / leg that a
game of squash would not be expected to involve to some degree.

I have climbed in and out of a full sized 3rd rail EMU via the
drivers steps to track level a few times, and while not completely
simple, I did not find it that much of a challenge.
I am inclined to go with the public opinion that he was swinging
the lead a bit until someone explains how running around a court
making major course changes at short notice can be more physically
demanding than climbing out of a cab and walking along the track.

Remember it's reported he originally claimed that he was playing
squash on medical advice but later reports said he'd said he found
the prescribed physio
'monotonous' so had self-prescribed squash to strengthen the ankle.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...212011,00.html

Also, the tribunal judgement was that he was 75% to blame for his own
dismissal. AFAIK London Underground lost the case on a technicality,
because they had introduced additional grounds for dismissal at the
appeal stage.
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Richard J.
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