Re: CityRail Train Crewing - Morale hits new low.

["Dan" <fordghia@ozemail.com.au>]

Ron Christie <anonymous@cotse.com> wrote in message
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Are you really Ron Christie??? Please verify???


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Danny Mok
fordghia@ozemail.com.au

> Passengers wonder why train crews don't care any more.  The reason is
rock-bottom morale.
>
> On Saturday, two train crew members were suspended for propelling onto a
main line at Waterfall.
> This is a perfectly safe movement, and is used daily at Bankstown,
Campbelltown, Penrith and
> Thirroul.  Unfortunately, a Crew Area Manager saw them and suspended them
on the spot.
>
> There are now rumours going around (true or not is irrelevant) that these
two crew members, both with
> extensive experiance, and one of them being a driver trainer, will be
sacked.
>
> This sends a shiver up the spine of all workers, especially those in train
crewing.  How can these
> people be threatened with this when you have others (AH) who break more
rules than they keep, but
> still have a job.
>
> Same goes for a driver at Cronulla, who has been sacked over the accident
at Cronulla recently, when
> the guard who caused the accident only got a short suspension (hiding
behind lack of training) and
> the Duty Manager is still misrouting trains at Cronulla.
>
> This new heavy-handed management style will only serve to alienate its
employees, and cause lower
> morale, and more accidents.
>
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