Re: Fatigue Rostering

["JoeC" <jcostello@ozemail.com.au>]

I am of the same opinion as Mark, NRC went into it so gung ho but are not
willing to tackle the harder areas to police.  Why ? Cost.

Joe


"Mark and Roz CREELY" <mcreely@pnc.com.au> wrote in message
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> They both had a hand in it, management were totally inflexible with its
> introduction, saying  this is how it is going to be, with no consultation
at a
> local level.
>
> And rosters have been known to bastardize it by altering shift lengths in
the
> fatigue program so as to come up with a roster that would not exceed the
fatigue
> index.
>
> And nobody is still prepared to address  annual leave relief ,OT and
working
> rosters.
>
> So all round it is a stuff up.
>
> Tezza wrote:
>
> > "Mark and Roz CREELY" <mcreely@pnc.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > 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
> >
> > Who's bastardised it, rosters or management? Were you still at Delec
when
> > rosters mangled the MDO's?
>