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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 Broadway Buffer on Sat Jun 23 03:47:15 2012, in response to Re: Time for labor to sacrifice / MTA unions must do fair share — Lhota {Op-Ed}, posted by J trainloco on Fri Jun 22 07:02:41 2012. 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.Fail-safe if not properly maintained will still result in a fail, look at WAMATA's incident. When working as designed, the L's CBTC seems to work well and is popular with most of the crews who are there daily. But the attempt a few years back to implement OPTO part-time on the L was a failure. I don't know if trying it again with heavier and growing ridership will make any difference. It may even be difficult to maintain OPTO on the G or Rock Park Shuttles in the future if development brings a need for greater service and full length trains to those lines. 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. I didn't mean to belittle your experience in the field if I did. I'm sure they will eventually, I still question whether the results will be the same here as they have been in those other systems. |
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