Re: [NSW] Female Guards/Drivers

[Neil Waller <waller@iweb.net.au>]

"C. Dewick" wrote:
> 
> In <8Mbe4.4615$oF2.12270@ozemail.com.au> "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au> writes:
> 
> [ in response to someone else's posting btw ]
> 
> >Exactly what's your problem with equal opportunity? Doesn't it just mean
> >that the best person gets the job? Are you saying you should automatically
> >get the job just because you were born here?
> 
> The point is that new staff who are not quite fully-capable to do the job
> *(male and* female) are being appointed 'under the table' simply to fill
> numbers and give management a handle to introduce new working conditions
> which all the new staff would immediately agree to because they only see the
> 'carrot' (the extra money) and not the 'stick' (the long-term effects of
> longer hours, more mileage, more erratic shifts, etc.).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Craig.
> 
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All of this sexist and racist debate makes you glad South Australia got
rid of guards a long time ago (as did Perth) and trains are by and large
one man operated.

We do have female drivers and male and female train service officers.  
I fail to see the problem.

As for next station announcements - these are given by the driver in
Adelaide.    There seems to be a completely different ethos at work
here.

Its basically that the rail system exists not to move trains from one
place to another but to move people from one place to another.   The
arguments so far seem to be from people who see their job as moving
trains not people and are upset by people who see their job as moving
people not trains.

It might annoy some people silly that a comprehensive station
announcement is given each station but what about the customer?    Don't
I have a right as an infrequent traveller by rail in Sydney to
INFORMATION???

The solution for the driver is either to make the announcements or to
demand of management that the relay of the announcements into the cab is
restricted or removed.    Do not stop the announcements.

The other annoying feature of Sydney is the section fares unlike
Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth which are flexible zone / time fares.

Cheers
Neil
http://members.iweb.net.au/~waller