sign from outside at least that the two sides are coming closer together and what that is likely to mean is next week disruption is inevitable, evenif next week disruption is inevitable, even if the strikes are called off. beyond that, we have to hope the two sides get together, but at the moment it doesn t look likely. so millions of people are likely to face their christmas plans being disrupted and businesses who need the customer s who are normally around at christmas, but won t be, because they re stuck at home. thank ou. joining me now is a former director of network rail, anna jane hunter, who is now a rail operations consultant at the railway industry consultancy winder philips. pay, one of the issues. can i look at some safety issues that rmt have been arguing about for many years now. that is d00, the driver,