Re: Stepbacks and Meal Reliefs

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

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>   "Tezza"
> > Cityrail Drivers get a paid 20minute "crib" break, plus a minimum 5"
> each side walking time.
>
> What! How do you manage to have time to eat your grub?

We quite often eat while drivin {gasp! shock! horror!} or we quite often
have other larger gaps during the shift which we use instead.

> > > Also with stepbacks,
> >
> > What's a stepback?
>
> A stepback is when you get off one train and pick up another train. It
> is not a meal relief, just a change of trains. Stepbacks usually have a
> twenty to thirty minutes gap between them.

As I said we might only get 5 minutes.

> >
> > >what is the average time between picking up your next train
> >
> > Couldn't possibly work it out. Anywhere from 5" to 4'
> >
> > >and how often do you have to pick up a train in the opposite
> direction?
> >
> > That'd probably be close to 50%.
>
> That must cause problems if trains are running late.

All the time, but they won't learn and increase the walking times.