Re: [NSW] Female Guards/Drivers

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Neil Waller wrote:

> "C. Dewick" wrote:
> >
> > In <8Mbe4.4615$oF2.12270@ozemail.com.au> "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au> writes:
> >
> > [ in response to someone else's posting btw ]
> >
> > >Exactly what's your problem with equal opportunity? Doesn't it just mean
> > >that the best person gets the job? Are you saying you should automatically
> > >get the job just because you were born here?
> >
> > The point is that new staff who are not quite fully-capable to do the job
> > *(male and* female) are being appointed 'under the table' simply to fill
> > numbers and give management a handle to introduce new working conditions
> > which all the new staff would immediately agree to because they only see the
> > 'carrot' (the extra money) and not the 'stick' (the long-term effects of
> > longer hours, more mileage, more erratic shifts, etc.).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Craig.
> >
> > --
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>
> All of this sexist and racist debate makes you glad South Australia got
> rid of guards a long time ago (as did Perth) and trains are by and large
> one man operated.
>
> We do have female drivers and male and female train service officers.
> I fail to see the problem.
>
> As for next station announcements - these are given by the driver in
> Adelaide.    There seems to be a completely different ethos at work
> here.
>
> Its basically that the rail system exists not to move trains from one
> place to another but to move people from one place to another.   The
> arguments so far seem to be from people who see their job as moving
> trains not people and are upset by people who see their job as moving
> people not trains.
>
> It might annoy some people silly that a comprehensive station
> announcement is given each station but what about the customer?    Don't
> I have a right as an infrequent traveller by rail in Sydney to
> INFORMATION???

It annoys me that these comprehensive announcements are made at every station whilst the train is
stationary.  I think it would be more productive to announce the next stop only whilst the train is
stationary, then do the comprehensive announcement when the train is underway, thus saving time.  Of
course, longer announcements should be done at all junction stations.


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David Johnson
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