The more I read into this
these tube guys do have a massively important point when I last checked what their grievances are; it's completely not cool to fuck with their working hours and when they are required to return to work. 10pm Saturday to 8am Sunday, and then have that as a sunday off is bollocks, especially if that guy is expected to be fit and proper for monday 8am. Would you want to be in a train driven by someone this unrested and pissed off?
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Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 6 Aug 2015, 0:30,
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Good point, can't have tired angry drivers.
Make all the trains driverless like the DLR.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 6 Aug 2015, 5:49,
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It must be hard enough to steer trains in the daylight
but underground drivers have to steer them in the dark!
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Thu 6 Aug 2015, 9:35,
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Good luck to them,
It amazes me how many people who have never driven a tube train are complete experts on driving a tube train.
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gardenclaw mac fuckes your gradeds balls!, Thu 6 Aug 2015, 10:28,
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One hand on the dead mans switch, other on the variable speed control isn't it?
Push handle to go, pull handle to not be going.
And a button to open and close the doors.
Is that about it?
I suspect it's a fraction of the complexity of being a bus driver.
Those poor fuckers who are currently taking up the slack today.
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Also it can't be too hard if the DLR can run driverless for 28 years without an accident.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 6 Aug 2015, 11:11,
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There's one fucking lever and the thing is on tracks
It's hardly Apache helicopter gunship levels of tech is it?
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Thu 6 Aug 2015, 11:34,
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I bet, as a software engineer, I could pick up train driving with about 15 minutes training.
I bet, as a train driver, they couldn't pick up software engineering... ever.
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