Re: Glenbrook lessons still unlearnt, says expert

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

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> A year after the Glenbrook rail crash, the risks that existed in the
> lead-up to it were still apparent, the McInerney inquiry was told
> yesterday.
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/0012/05/national/national9.html

"In the past 10 years there had been seven deaths on the NSW rail system, he
said."

What bullshit, there's been a damn sight more than that.


"There was also a culture of placing blame onto other people or other
organisations, she said."

We all know about that. The "system" is never at fault.


"The rail industry was reminiscent of the 19th century, she said, where
accidents in factories were accepted as inherent, there was little training or
protection of the workforce and profit was the driving force."

Bring on privatisation. The bosses will put safety before profit.