Re: CityRail Train Crewing - Morale hits new low.

[Magila Gorrila <choochoo@spin.net.au>]

It sounds like an illegall movement to me, remember the big wreck there a few years ago? But morale is
still at rock bottom with train crew and the reasons are numerous. The main one is we are coping the crap
for management foul ups eg the new timetable.

Ron Christie wrote:

> 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.