Re: re why ......

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

"Tony Gatt" <baulko@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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| Well said Mark.

Yet totally irrelevant to what was being discussed.

|
| "Mark Bau"
| > Tezza at

| > > | > A labourer doesn't have to know shit, isn't
| > > | >> responsible for thousands of lives and doesn't have to sit
constant
| > > exams and isn't subject to disciplinary action or charges if he digs a
| hole the wrong way.
| > > |
| > > | How wrong you are. Try digging a hole in the wrong place and hit a
| fiber optic cable or gas main, or petroleum pipe or phone line.
| > >
| > > Then they'll call him a dickhead, his foreman or boss might get in a
bit
| of minor shit, happens every day. He isn't responsible for thousands of
| lives. He doesn't have to sit constant exams. He doesn't face charges if
he
| digs a hole the wrong way.
| > >
| > >
| >
| > I'm in the fortunate position to see this argument from both sides of
the
| > fence. I was a Driver/Engineer for 15 years, I now work for Union
Pacific
| > doing signal construction/maintainence.
| >
| > All jobs have some degree of responsibility. In my present job, if I
wire
| a signal incorrectly you can get a green into an occupied track.
| >
| > In my job I sit for more exams than I ever took as a Driver, I could
face
| > charges if I do my job incorrectly and I'm resposible for thousands of
| > lives. If during my signal installation I hit a gas line with a backhoe
I
| > could ruin the day for a lot of people. After stepping back from the
| > throttle I get amused when Drivers think they have the most important
job
| in the world. To be sure driving trains is a very responsible job but so
are
| > many others on the railway. (and for that matter many jobs outside of
the
| > rail industry)
| >
| > Having run everything from a 6 car suburban train to a 15,000 ton coal
| train I'll go on the record in saying that I could teach anyone of average
IQ to
| > be a good driver in 6 months. We do it all the time in the U.S. I doubt
| I'll know half of what I need to know as a signal maintainer in 5 years!
| >
| > Most drivers have only one qualification and they are so very proud of
it,
| I have more qualifications, does that give me a big ego? No, it allows me
to
| > see bigger pictures, that's all.