Re: Carr blames Fahey for Airport Link bill

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Chris Downs"
> > Tezza
> > > "Chris Downs"
>
> > Your lame estimate/claim/guess and
> > initial stubborn defence of it diminishes the value of your opinion
>
> Damn. And it was held in such high esteem before.
>
> > > > How often have you objectively watched train movements from the
> > platforms?
> > >
> > > Even better, I've watched from the *TRAINS*.
> > >
> > And that's better how?  The front of an 8 car train is a very poor
vantage
> > point to count people leaving a train when many are boarding (4 cars is
> > somewhat better).
>
> Theres a thing called a door in the Drivers cab. It allows me access to
the
> exterior to actually view the passengers disembarking.

And you still ended up with 1,000/day.

> >  Much better to be nearer the middle of the platform and
> > have nothing else to focus on such drining your train.
>
> I prefer to drive it. But when it's stopped at a platform I can do other
> things.

Like grossly underestimate?

Chris