Re: Fatigue Rostering

[Marvin The Martian <choochoo72@spin.net.au>]

You make very good sense, the railway will find a way to screw the workers again.

Mark and Roz CREELY wrote:

> 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.