wrote ...
They've been running under the current setup *for 40 years*..
It's not a H&S issue, it's a willy-waving issue (and management
is doubtless being at least as daft as the union about the whole
case - the sensible approach would be to say 'meh, **** happens,
anyone who walks out of the wrong side of the train was a
****wit anyway, slap on the wrists and brief telling-off for
drivers who make the mistake').

Not so; the technology in and around the train is constantly changing. It
may be happening now because of an 'apparently unrelated' upgrade. The 1973
stock had been running at least 15 years before they had a problem.

And as has been said before (and as you know), we aren't talking about
spacewalking ****wits, but rush hour sardines being forced off the train.

Having said that, I do agree that both sides are equally pathetic on this
and many other issues.

However, for LU to claim the *only* solution to such an obvious and real
risk is too pricey and too time consuming to implement is almost certainly a
lie - it's extremely likely that a lower-tech fix could be done this time,
as it always has in the past. Never underestimate the resourcefulness of the
British Engineer.

Tragically, without the luxury of all the facts, I can't be 100%.

Once someone dies, we'll find out. For sure.
--

Andrew

Interviewer: Tonight I'm interviewing that famous nurse, Florence
Nightingale
Tommy Cooper (dressed as a nurse): Sir Florence Nightingale
Interviewer: *Sir* Florence Nightingale?
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