Friday, 18 February 2011

Quote of the week

"You only need five GCSEs to be a train driver"
Alun Cairns MP commenting this evening on a threatened rail strike by Arriva staff

3 Comments:

XXL Controller said...

I think that there's a little bit more to it than paper quals, AC. Don't ask DC as he's full of BS too.
http://www.traindriver.org/making-your-job-application.html
Still, if you have no school certificates you could always own a train company. Bring out the Branson.

Ivor the Engine said...

Yeah and you only need a snout to be a MP.

glynbeddau said...

So basically Cairns is saying.
You can only take Industrial Action if you are educated to a certain degree.

Perhaps he would like the voting franchise removed from people who haven't obtained A levels.

Academic qualifications are not a measure of intelligence and not of competence.