LUL staff are used to management playing fast and loose with safety rules during strikes. Now it seems that Metronet's management have caught on too.
Rumours reach us of a patrol going out on the District line during the strike - probably made up of the tiny handful of scabs they could muster from right across the system. Thing is - there is also a rumour that one of them was issued with his T001 licence (the required licence for patrolling the track) that very evening! Usually, it takes a full day in the classroom and another four being mentored on the track before you get your licence. Obviously, when it comes to management trying to undermine a strike, different standards apply ...