Re: Indian Pacific hits freight train - Who's the Responsible Investigating body?

[pbeam@lisp.com.au (Peter)]

>I do agree with Peter on one point, NRC do push their crews to hard, as do
>ASR (they are the worse operators in the country when it comes to over
>working crews) but unfortunately this is the future, until we have an
>independant  regulator like the FRA we will see hours increase and crew
>fatigue become the norm.
>
>Freight Corp will also go this way, as pressure to make profits (or at least
>cover costs) will force management to make crews to do more and do it for
>longer shift.

One thing we do agree on, and prehaps the point of my post!

Peter