District line staff walk out in support of driver ‘who went through three red lights’
TfL» Tube strike 2018: Fury as District line staff walk out in support of driver ‘who went through three red lights’
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-tube-strike-2018-fury-as-district-line-staff-walk-out-in-support-of-driver-who-went-through-a3812231.html Passengers are to be hit tomorrow [Friday] by a District line walk-out over a Tube driver alleged to have passed three red signals in his 11 weeks driving.
He had been qualified for 18 weeks but due to sickness, retraining and a compulsory removal from duty only drove for 11, London Underground claims. Two of the signals passed at danger (spads) were within a four-week period.
Nigel Holness, director of network operations at London Underground (LU), said it was “simply not safe for this employee to continue in a role as a driver”. LU refused to identify the severity of the spads — which could derail a train — or where they took place.