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Surprised it doesn't say staff sickness etc

Despite Wilkinson's rhetoric of a dispute lasting for years I don't think they realised it would last even this long or that the staff would have a large public support despite all the dirty tricks that SASTA have tried. Now you have businesses such as the Albion getting involved and even then...

That's why I can't be bothered explaining to somebody like that as they are pursuing the same boring agenda with each post

With all due respect the complexities of trying to run a railway properly are too hard to explain especially on a Friday night when I have better things to do

Would you give a Friday night up and work for a tenner ? Or you might as like a few years ago when you had a reasonable amount of staff you could 'bribe' someone to work Friday with the promise of an early night when they next wanted one, that's out of the door now as there isn't enough staff...

One of the massive f**k ups with privatisation is that the rail companies have to pay decent some would say large wages to the staff especially drivers as Stagecoach found out when they took over in 1996, made drivers redundant and then discovered you haven't got much of a rail company without...

RMT FURY AS GRAYLING AND GTR TURN DOWN OFFER FROM BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION TO BROKER TALKS IN SOUTHERN RAIL DISPUTE General Secretary Mick Cash said: “RMT made it clear that the union was prepared to take up the offer of talks between ourselves, Southern Rail and Chris Grayling as suggested by...

The most hours you can do in a day is 12, imagine you had a driver who had been up since 3am for a 4am shift start still driving a train at 3pm and doing that for a week ? Would you feel safe ?

And I would say I really wouldn't know the answer, they would have known by 4pm or earlier on Friday that the staff whoever they were would not be available to run the booked service and even on the Wednesday they could have warned the club and supporters to make alternative arrangements as...

Pantani is basically correct, SASTA know who would be available for overtime 7 days in advance, they knew Wednesday that they had big problems running the service Friday night and they knew but Friday afternoon that it was f**ked, nothing happened at the last moment to make what happened happen

I think Messrs Barber & Perry know exactly what went on last Friday and where the fault lies

Another thing that could be happening is that SASTA no longer wish to provide a train service to the AMEX on match days due to the cost and little return from doing so . When all the people used to come on here and boast about not paying to get there and some of us said at the time it could end...

One thing you've haven't mentioned , apart from being wrong with everything you've written here as SASTA knew Wednesday they couldn't cover the jobs and nobody had made themselves available to work overtime is that where were the managers they've been using to cover the services to Seaford etc ...

Predictable ..... A Southern spokesman said: "Over the past 10 months we've met face to face with the RMT leadership countless times, including many times at (conciliation service) ACAS." He added: "We've made a full and comprehensive offer which they have repeatedly rejected. Nothing will be...

RMT will be there ... 24th November 2016 Immediate RMT ACCEPTS OFFER FROM BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION TO BROKER TALKS IN SOUTHERN RAIL DISPUTE General Secretary Mick Cash said: “RMT is prepared to take up the offer of talks between ourselves, Southern Rail and Chris Grayling as suggested by...

I ALWAYS said Poodle Perry was a TOP fellow

This is what you're fighting , corruption at the highest levels https://drpauldavies.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/holding-mr-philip-rutnam-permanent-secretary-department-for-transport-to-account-through-an-independent-disciplinary-process/

The Albion & the supporters have now become collateral damage along with the commuters and everyone else who has been affected by the government's war on the railway unions. Peter Wilkinson said you would be and it would be 3 or 4 years before he starved the railway staff into submission so...

At least Paul Barber recognised what really went on Friday night, there was no last minute sickness or absenteeism and SASTA knew for 48 hours they couldn't provide a timetable service let alone the football extra trains. Will anything change ? Not in the short term unless the DfT and Wilkinson...