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Re: Melbourne's poor Met service

Subject: Re: Melbourne's poor Met service
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:02:37 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail, misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
References: <01be6473$7c7658e0$762e11cb@rodsmith> <7bg0jt$ask$1@news.mel.aone.net.au> <36DD42BF.7A5578FE@ozemail.com.au> <7bkkm9$hu$1@news.mel.aone.net.au> <qoqD2.24939$Hn5.2034@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

John Wayman wrote:

> Bus Companies get paid per trip, whether or not any passengers are carried.
> It is much easier to steer a half empty bus around suburban backstreets than
> to drive one packed to the rafters.
>
> If bus drivers and bus companies were paid per passenger, they would wait
> ages to get that full load, and not take off until there was no more room
> inside.

Not during trackwork up here.  They get paid to run to a timetable.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Melbourne's poor Met service
  - From: "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
- Re: Melbourne's poor Met service
  - From: "David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com>
- Re: Melbourne's poor Met service
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: Melbourne's poor Met service
  - From: "David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com>
- Re: Melbourne's poor Met service
  - From: "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>

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