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Re: Time for labor to sacrifice / MTA unions must do fair share — Lhota {Op-Ed} |
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Posted by J trainloco on Fri Jun 22 07:02:41 2012, in response to Re: Time for labor to sacrifice / MTA unions must do fair share — Lhota {Op-Ed}, posted by Broadway Buffer on Fri Jun 22 01:34:40 2012. These G.O.s often require a lot of transfers and backriding to get around the detour,pretty tough to explain all of that over a train PA.True enough. But it's also not difficult to announce that a certain train isn't running. Automation is safe until the inevitable breakdown or crisis in the system. ZPTO is dangerous and not possible in most of the NYCTS and you know it. Most systems are engineered to fail-safe. Automation is currently in place on the L, and will spread throughout the system soon enough. At the very least, the need for 2 man crews is going to become superfluous, if it already hasn't. Many I've met from the so-called white collar side of the TA seem to feel as you do,but I don't understand it and if they spent a week in the shoes of the people they feel shouldn't be working,they might change their tune. The issue here is that many systems around the world have proven that you can operate a system safely and more efficiently with fewer operational personnel. I've spent a lot of time working in the field, and I can definitely say that there is a lot of room for MTA to become more efficient with the deployment of their front-line workforce, as they have been doing with administrative/technical staff. |
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