Re: Privatisation (was:Re: Late running trains go Express (Hillside))

["Andrew" <atailby@mpx.com.au>]

well may be jeff has lost one can only hope because he was so stupid in
telling his cabent not to say one word

Exnarc <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> Dave McL <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz> wrote in message
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> > Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:
> >
> > > Bob wrote:
> >
> > > : Likewise if an operator meets the timetable requirements, it can
> receive a
> > > : bonus for on time performance, this has already happened in the case
> of
> > > : Hillside.
> > >
> > > A bonus?  Bastards.
> >
> > But surely there are few better ways to get the trains to run on time
> > than to penalise them for lateness and reward them for on-time running?
> > That gives the company a powerful incentive to run to timetable.
> >
> > I just hope the drivers share in the bonus.
> >
> > David McLoughlin
> > Auckland New Zealand
>
> David,
>
> Some weeks ago you said something along the lines, "Here in new Zealand we
> don't even know the name of the Victorian Opposition leader"
>
> Well its "Steve Bracks", but to update you it may soon be Jeffrey Kennett.
>
> Bob.
>
>