Picc drivers banned from working?

What a load of rubbish - they don't own the Piccadilly line, so they should have no right to dictate who can and can't use it.

But they want to seek an injunction to prevent approx 5 million people from using the entire Picc Line (not just the Heathrow bit).

So any member of staff who works/ travels on the Picc Line AND is a member of the National Trust, wouldn't be able to work for the 7 days.

IF the injunction is awarded, could we see alot of staff joining the NT ;D

Some links, just in case (like me) you didn't read the story before visiting here:

www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/jul/27/climatechange

www.mayorwatch.co.uk/article.php?article_id=739

I'm certain they could since Captain Ken is apparently furious at their attempted interference with LUL.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6918565.stm
rofl, theres only 1 kenny l!

I'd say it's more a case of stepping on toes. BAA have nothing to do with LUL and Captain Ken presumably feels that they have no right to try to ban people from LUL property. It's a bit like the bloke up the street saying you can't have your Nan round.

What a load of piffle and squish!

I am a member of the Woodland Trust... Fine by me, I will just fly from another airport! Failing that, I'll just catch the train to Paris.

Completely unworkable.

I think you've both rather missed the point of the injunction!

How will they be able to determine whether someone was a member of these organisations?
I typically carry my National Trust membership card around with me, but this is not mandatory. As the membership lists/databases of the organisations concerned are covered by the Data Protection Act, I presume that official requests would need to be made by BAA/the police to get access? Even if they were given access, the number of members is huge - the National Trust had 3.5 million members in 2005, the RSPB >1 million and the CPRE has >60,000 (all from Wikipedia), there will be some overlap but not all of it will be - e.g. I am a member of only the National Trust, my boss is a member only of the RSPB.

Another point is, how will the police know who is travelling to the airport for the demo and who is travelling for other reasons. Many travellers will have a ticket, but not all will (it is possible to buy a ticket on arrival at the airport) - so would a person arriving at Heathrow wearing a National Trust T-shirt be prohibited from travelling?

Don't forget that it is not just the police and LU staff who may be members of the organisations concerned - it could easily apply to many staff of BAA, the airlines, contractors, Heathrow Express/Connect, taxi drivers, coach companies, Bus drivers, tour company representatives, hotel staff, independent businesses on industrial estates on the airport site, dispatch riders/drivers, postal workers, security staff, staff of the shops and eateries at the airport, the media, government departments, etc. Just what contingency plans are in place if for example 50% of air traffic controllers are members of one or more of the organisations?

And what about protesters who are not part of any of these organisations? What about members of allied organisations - the National Trust for Scotland, National Trust for Jersey and National Trust of Guernsey spring to mind.

I daresay there will be a fair few more members of the affected organisations shortly...

... and, meanwhile, Iran Air and others continue to fly in and out daily, with who knows who or what on board??

Has anyone seen PASSPORT TO PIMLICO? A very funny film, especially when they stop the Districts I think, in tunnel and demand passports and customs declarations.

I think the train concerned is Q-stock. It's one of my favourite Ealing comedies.