Day 127 - 23 May 95 - Page 28
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am finding difficulty at the moment,
2 Mr. Rampton, because I thought Mrs. Barnes said a little
3 while ago that the policy about not carrying out electrical
4 equipment repair unless you have been on an advanced
5 equipment course did not actually go into the health and
6 safety policy document until June 1992.
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8 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, my Lord. I believe it was an error because
9 it is in April 1991, I cannot very well contradict
10 Mrs. Barnes.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL (To the witness): What did you have in mind
13 when you said June 1992?
14 A. Apologies for confusing you, sir. It is the Crew
15 Handbook it first appeared in, I believe, in June 1992.
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17 MR. MORRIS: Can I just ask, what actually appeared in the Crew
18 Handbook in June 1992 for the first time?
19 A. The section, the revised section, on the electrical
20 equipment, about the advanced equipment course and only
21 people that had been on it could do equipment repair.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which included electrical equipment?
24 A. Yes, as you will appreciate, we have several documents
25 that have regular updates at different intervals, so it
26 takes a little while for any change to filter its way
27 through to everything.
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29 MR. RAMPTON: Maybe I am not understanding very well,
30 Mrs. Barnes. I am looking at page 56 of the Crew Handbook
31 for 1989. I see what appears to be a quote from the
32 electrical equipment part of the health and safety
33 guidelines which says -----
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is the bundle number?
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37 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, sorry, this is going to be bundle XI, my
38 Lord. Perhaps you ought to get it, Mrs. Barnes, because
39 I think perhaps we ought to clear this up once and for all
40 since his Lordship has raised it.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is tab 3.
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44 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, it is tab 3.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Page 165.
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48 MR. RAMPTON (To the witness): If you look at page 165,
49 Mrs. Barnes, which is, I can tell you, June 1989, that is
50 the Crew Handbook for that year?
51 A. I sorry, I must have become confused.
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53 Q. Yes, because, in fact -- there is no need for you to look
54 it up -- I think the wording is identical on that page in
55 the 1989 Handbook with what we find on page 296 in tab 5
56 which is the Crew Handbook for 1992. Do not worry about it
57 now.
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There we are.
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