T/OP on the Jubilee

Give us a clue then - how long ago?

Pre- or post-extension?

I know of a few drivers who left the job because they thought the grass was greener elsewhere, sadly thats not always the case.
Luckily a couple of them have made their way back on the front (No pun intended) via re applying as station staff and waiting for a T/op training course which if they are lucky with the interview they would qualify again!!
Whats it like now? Unfortunately, there is a surplus of drivers (apparently) and many are being sacked or disciplined for trivial reasons!

I wouldn't have thought there was much scope for a driver to "be a danger to himself and the travelling public"
Surely if a driver
(a) Observes speed limits and signals along with any temporary restrictions
(b) Ensures as far as possible the safe alighting and boarding of passengers
(c) Attends for duty in a fit state to perform his/her duty in compliance with the Rule Book
There is no conceivable way in which he can be a danger in the way you describe.
Drivers are subjected to monitoring by management, and the penalties for even minor infractions can be severe.

Were you based at Wembley or North Greenwich/stratford?
I remember reading a thread on here about staff on the jubilee line about a year ago (perhaps someone knows where it is)and was surprised to read that Wembley Park was a depressing place to be based, nobody wanted to be there and were trying to get transfered.

It's lose - you can't tighten a job ;-).

How do you think speeding is detected? Unless they happen to be caught on one of the rare days when DMT's go out with speed guns (and these are advertised on the day, certainly on our line at least - along with the general area - and most people know which are the usual spots, much as people are aware of where speed cameras are on routes they drive often) or manage to SPAD, overrun a platform or have another incident that would necessitate looking at the train's data recorder, then it won't be noticed.

As for not being able to see how a driver could break a safety related rule without being detected immediately... do you know how simple it is in a tube tunnel section, to turn on the cablight and look at your duty book or listen to an mp3 player or turn on your mobile to check an old text message without being seen? It's also perfectly possible to have taken something such as Nurofen Plus - a painkiller with codeine in - within your twenty four hours before booking on for work and not be detected; again, unless you actually cause an incident that required them to do a D&A test on you (and a single SPAD, correctly handled, is not automatically such an incident) no-one would ever know.

In the much the same way that the average car driver can get into their car, drive 40mph in a 30mph zone and get away with it as often as not, or be a few units over the drink drive limit and make it home without being stopped or causing an incident, it's perfectly possible for infractions to go undetected.

I was talking about LUL in general, There is a feeling in the T/OP grade that what involved a slap on the wrist 15 years ago, is now a sackable offence!