Re: Risky Freight Trains

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message > "Tezza"
<tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
 >
> > FC and NR and AT are all guilty of putting profit before safety and
> > maintenance. Then of course there's no-one to make sure that NR and AT
do
> > proper train inspections - which they quite often don't. Even many FC
> staff
> > don't bother to do brake retention tests any more.
>
> Of course you have evidence of all this

My own 2 eyes.

>(in addition to mealroom gossip or
> personal opinion), and of course you have also formally advised RAC and
the
> Department of Transport of these very serious breaches.

No way to prove it.

>
> Major operators are very concerned about safety, and continuously review
> performance and compliance. Disregarding safety procedures places an
> operator in a position of losing their accreditation to run trains,a
> situation which would have an obvious effect on an operators profit.


Only if caught and then proved responsible. As long as they've got their
bits of paper to say what is supposed to be done they're safe. Then they
pressure staff to get things done quickly and turn a blind eye when natural
laziness takes over. In FreightCorpse case they harass employees who try to
do things by the book.