Re: Guards to Drive During Olympics?

["Russell Norton" <russelln@primus.com.au>]

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>Then there are a lot of other side issues, such as National Rail drivers
who
>are coming back to to Cityrail. Then *resigned* from their jobs with
>CityRail so they do not deserve to re-gain their old seniority levels, etc.
>They should start right back at the bottom with all the other new recruits.
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Craig, that is total crap.

Do you honestly believe  that an NRC driver coming back to Cityrail, who had
previously devoted 15 or 20 years service driving suburbans (or even
longer), should be considered junior to a trainee ex-guard, or even to
yourself ???

I totally agree that they should not jump the lists for depot transfers, but
in all other aspects they already have the runs on the board.

They are not "new recruits" as you say, they are fully qualified drivers
with many years (not weeks) experience. Certainly a lot safer for the
general public than some of the current boy drivers'. (A recent Hornsby
incident springs to mind).

The package being offered by Cityrail to these drivers' (i.e. starting them
on 1st year drivers' money) is a total insult to the years of service these
drivers' dedicated to State Rail, and gives no incentive for drivers' to
transfer back.

BTW, most of these drivers' never actually "resigned" from State Rail, they
"transferred" to National Rail, there is a difference.

Regards,
Russ...