Re: [NSW] Female Guards/Drivers

["Nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com>]

one man trains eh?
what happens when someone falls between train and platform?
Who gives authorisation for trains to leave?
Bit much for a driver - more training and more work

Brendan

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Neil Waller wrote:
>
> > "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???
>
> It annoys me that these comprehensive announcements are made at every
station whilst the train is
> stationary.  I think it would be more productive to announce the next stop
only whilst the train is
> stationary, then do the comprehensive announcement when the train is
underway, thus saving time.  Of
> course, longer announcements should be done at all junction stations.
>
>
> --
> David Johnson
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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> official view of State Rail.
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