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DaveyWavey writes
Northern Line drivers walk out in defense
of a driver who fell asleep and drove a train at 29mph through a 5mph
speed limit.)

All of the drivers I know are pretty sensible people, and I strongly
doubt that they would support someone who was negligent in their job. So
does anyone have the full, detailed, story of this issue?

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I wrote:
Northern Line drivers walk out in defense
of a driver who fell asleep and drove a train at 29mph through a 5mph
speed limit.)

All of the drivers I know are pretty sensible people, and I strongly
doubt that they would support someone who was negligent in their job.
So does anyone have the full, detailed, story of this issue?

I was contacted by somebody who does.

The driver SPADed (though didn't fall asleep, and I don't have a speed
quoted) and was hauled up in front of a disciplinary board. The board
recommended a punishment but a senior person unilaterally overrode this
and decided to sack the person.

So the walk out is not because he was punished for his actions, but
because the proper disciplinary process was not followed. And I can see
why - those processes are what protect all of them (and all of us who
are employed by large companies).

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Clive D.W. Feather | Home:
Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org
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Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
I wrote:
Northern Line drivers walk out in defense
of a driver who fell asleep and drove a train at 29mph through a
5mph speed limit.)

All of the drivers I know are pretty sensible people, and I
strongly doubt that they would support someone who was negligent
in their job. So does anyone have the full, detailed, story of
this issue?

I was contacted by somebody who does.

The driver SPADed (though didn't fall asleep, and I don't have a
speed quoted) and was hauled up in front of a disciplinary board.
The board recommended a punishment but a senior person unilaterally
overrode this and decided to sack the person.

So the walk out is not because he was punished for his actions, but
because the proper disciplinary process was not followed.

You say that the board *recommended* punishment. The implication is
that this was a recommendation to a senior person, who had the power to
accept it or take another course of action. In what way was the process
not followed?
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