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Just noticed this. If the driver dragged someone along the platform because he didn't check the doors were clear he probably won't be driving anymore.

I've taken a duvet day.

In the vast majority of cases of passengers being trapped in doors they are the ones at fault for attempting to board the train whilst the hustle alarms are sounding and nothing to do with the fact that the driver is operating the doors. The dirty mirror issue is easily overcome, you go onto the platform if need be to enable you to close the doors safely and complete your final despatch checks. Personally, I would rather have a conductor operating my doors but that's purely from a selfish perspective, the idea that we can't drive trains safely without a conductor is nonsense.

Not for me but you know as well as I do that the safety stance is a load of pish or we wouldn't be opening the doors by ourselves. Surely, even with your Union hat on you can't see this as a winnable battle?

Yes. Conductors get 5% commission on their own sales and ticket examiners get 3%.

The RMT are being disingenuous by claiming that this is primarily a safety issue when 60% of scotrail services currently run with the driver operating the doors just as safely as they do with a conductor operating them and have done for the past 30 years. Conductors will retain the same terms and conditions and the same salary but with reduced responsibilities, the only difference will be that future entrants will be employed as ticket examiners rather than conductors. Maybe the RMT is concerned about a reduction in income from subscriptions due to the lower salary scale of ticket examiners.

The fortunate ones will have their feet up in the bothy watching sky sports news all day, the unfortunate ones will have some scab manager or office pen pusher acting as a conductor after minimal training.

It wasn't a service that has a conductor either. It was a DOO service with a ticket examiner on board.

Not if the trains running under green signals and doesn't pass over any warning magnets. Extremely unlikely though.

wtf is this pish?

I was talking about on board the train rather than on the track. In these days of gsmr and mobile phones when was the last time a conductor had to lay protection in an emergency?

What extra level of on board safety does a conductor provide that a ticket examiner doesn't?

That's what the 'DOO' monitors are for at the end of the platform sonny. When these get installed you'll be relegated to a well paid ticket examiner and you'll know all about it when you're sent to queen street to cover the last balloch on a Friday night.

Was at a funeral about 10 years ago and the brother of the deceased turned up to the crematorium pished, wearing a bloodstained Adidas track suit and then proceeded to try and have a fist fight with the widow. He was swiftly dragged outside, shouting obscenities as he went, utterly bizarre.

Her fannys probably far too raw to give a f**k about the snow.

Is it still worth signing up or should I go elsewhere?

Well done mate, I've been reading quite a bit about it over the last month or so and I'm going to make a move and join PA next week and give it a go. Fortunately I've not got any problems In signing the other half up and hopefully doubling up on everything.

Is that 2k just in March or is that your total profit since you started?

How much did you steal from the bookies last night with the 7 bets I'm going to get involved this week, a mate started it 7 weeks ago and is £1500 to the good, could be a profitable way to use spare time rather than looking at porn.

TBH, if you've not had the balls to say anything to these people before today then you're only going to make yourself look like a right bellend by saying something now. In any case, you're probably too much of a wuss to do anything other than slink out of the office when nobodies looking.

He basically ridiculed the idea of the club and company being different things, said CG bought a "basket of assets" that we're not indivisible and asked where the club was then. He said the players and management worked for Sevco, played in a ground owned by Sevco and the fans bought tickets from Sevco and that Sevco were responsible for paying his legal costs.

what a load of absolute shite, these c***s are terrified of the thought of title stripping.

So who's liable for the outstanding paye and ni contributions? Is it the old rangers or the recipient's?

Got your eyes fixed yet?