Oh but aren't we really good at doing just that.
On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 09:51, Tony Galloway arg@...> wrote:
> Pen-pusher paradise
>
> As a train driver in Sydney for almost 30 years, I follow the current
> dispute with interest (“Elliott dishes broadside at Kean for derailing
> union negotiations https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5b9qm,”
> August 15). Both sides of politics can be blamed for the rail crisis. The
> system has too many outside managers with no skills or background in
> working trains, either as a driver or guard. They are basically paper
> shufflers to keep track of sick leave and to hassle the staff. In previous
> years, we had inspectors who came through the ranks from either the
> locomotive or traffic side. Now we have people from other corporations
> employed as shift managers on salaries much higher than drivers or guards.
> These middle-level managers are frequently not even qualified to open and
> close the doors of a train, let alone drive one in service. If Labor wins
> the next election, they should seriously look at cutting back on
> unnecessary levels of management, or at least put people there who have
> experience in NSW trains. You don’t put a consultant in charge of an army.
> - *Vann Cremer, Auburn*
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> Yep
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> Tony
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