Re: Fatigue Rostering

[Mark and Roz CREELY <mcreely@pnc.com.au>]

The only problem is Marvin, as you probably already know a computer is only as good as
the knucklehead that punches in the info.

As you can probably well appreciate this is going to leave the field wide open for
mistakes, and I guarantee there will be some biggies.

The best thing all rail operators can do would be to start from scratch and allow the
people who devised this thing to implement it.  But, how frivolous of me this would
probably cost too much money, and they couldn't have that.  Better to do it on the
cheap , than to get it right.

Marvin The Martian wrote:

> I heard it would also apply to overtime, they will have a computer prgram that tells
> them who is less fatigued for overtime.
>
> Mark and Roz CREELY wrote:
>
> > NR have had fatigue management rostering for the last three years and I can assure
> > you it does not work,(actually it does ,it certainly makes you more fatigued.).
> >
> > NR only apply the fatigue index to Master or Forecast rosters they do not apply it
> > to individual drivers or working rosters.  It is not applied to annual leave
> > relief or overtime, so unfortunately it is a bastardised version of the initial
> > results obtained by  Prof. Drew Dawson from S.A. The other problem with this thing
> > is it does not take into account an individuals lifestyle ie: Married, Single,
> > whether you prefer certain shifts etc.
> >
> > I feel sorry for CityRail or anybody else who is about to have this nightmare
> > forced upon them, it will destroy their quality of life(which it was supposed to
> > improve) .
> >
> > Good Luck with it
> >
> > Showy
> >
> > Marvin The Martian wrote:
> >
> > > It would not surprise me, with shittyrail anything is possible.
> > >
> > > Tezza wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Marvin The Martian" <choochoo72@spin.net.au> wrote in message
> > > > 3A443AE5.E2A638F9@spin.net.au">news:3A443AE5.E2A638F9@spin.net.au...
> > > > > I understand that Fatigue rostering will be introduced for train crew in
> > > > > Jan 2001. It is a result of a South Australian study on the affects of
> > > > > shift work on the body. The rostering will reduce Fatigue for train crew
> > > > > but as usual Cityrail are trying to change the results to suit them,
> > > > > e.g. they claim length of shift has no effect on fatigue. There is also
> > > > > a set line where the study says that a person is to fatigued to work and
> > > > > Cityrail want this line to be flexible.
> > > >
> > > > I heard it had been put off for a few years as it was almost impossible to
> > > > implement. It's going to upset a lot of blokes who like particular shifts who
> > > > won't be able to do them continuosly any more.