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Re: WMATA: Not So Clandestine Run Of 6 Car Consist Of 7k Cars In Automatic Mode |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Jul 8 15:58:48 2018, in response to Re: WMATA: Not So Clandestine Run Of 6 Car Consist Of 7k Cars In Automatic Mode, posted by randyo on Sun Jul 8 15:05:34 2018. Someone else on here said it more succinctly, but from my perspective the general trend in transit has been ever more authoritarian mgmt in response to past egregiously bad behavior--the Union Square wreck for instance, or the coat hanger disabling of a tripper on QBlvd.It may be that many personnel are simply untrustworthy but hired anyway. It may be that finding well motivated personnel is dificult--exactly what a street supervisor said to me in a recent chat about my local bus provider (AC Transit). I have no reason to believe this is a one-off. When you hired out M/M were allowed to key by at extremely slow speed on their own judgement, and the system was fluid. The other aspect of this is permanent anger/adversarial feelings between mgmt and the front line workers. Footnote. Years ago someone wrote that in general80 or more % of Americans hated their jobs, but being trapped by family/ mortgages etc.,felt unable to change. I wonder whjat that number might be today as the jobs become more unpleasant but in a few cases the pay rise facilitating the rise of numbing behaviors off hours. |
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