I have been watching this thread from the start, and have found it informative and amusing in equal measure.

I will be honest, I think striking is a nasty thing to do to the public, it's not even affecting Southern's profit due to the way the franchise is set up, but...
The thought of being on a train with a thousand other people if the driver should get sick/pass out/die miles from anywhere is quite daunting, I'm not sure a mass panic wouldn't ensue.
Also those pictures, posted by 7mins, of the CCTV available to the driver are awful. I rigged up CCTV in my office, and outside, and to be honest it's 100 times clearer than those pictures. Where did they get their cameras, Del Boy's good as new sale?

Where did I say the drivers would lose their jobs? They're just doing the solidarity bulls***, after all less employees on the trains means less support from them when they want to throw a paddy.

I got the sense from your first post in this thread that you are a life long unionised worker. And I have made my mind up, as I only post my own opinions.

Optimistic as ever

You can't contend something you haven't read, it took so long to scroll through it that there is a zero percent chance of me wasting time reading it. It smacks of some s*** copied off of facebook too.

Optimistic as ever

1 guard to a twelve carriage train...disgusting.

There should be 1 to every carriage,that's even more safe and if one of the 12 guards are on a sickie (sorry ill ) the train should be cancelled.

The driver and the other 11 guards can claim their right to work has been denied..get compensation for depression for not being able to fulfill their duties,take a month off fully paid to recuperate.

The lady in Costa Coffee wont get her monthly bonus cos of no trains.
Uber up the price of a £10 fare cos they got the passengers by the bollux if they want to get to work.
Other Mini cab firms drivers all go to Uber.

Oh by the way fck the train passengers.

Thanks for that, it was, indeed, well worth a read. Informative, and plenty to chew on.

I didn't get all the way to the end (I bailed when the author starting letting himself down with personal attacks on and "unpleasant person" who is "nearly as bad as Beeching" - at that point I disengaged, but up to that point there were some very valid and thought provoking points, so thanks for posting it

I thought you said it wasnt about safety. Again they dont seem to care about overcrowding on platforms and other(DOO) services due to their actions. Beyond a joke now for people who pay a fortune for a s*** service.