Day 161 - 24 Jul 95 - Page 14
1 criticised management. Have you ever upbraided a crew
2 member for criticising management at a rap session?
3 A. No, I did not.
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5 Q. You remember Mr. Michael Metcalfe; was he there all the
6 time you were at the Strand, do you think?
7 A. You mean after or before?
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9 Q. No -----
10 A. Sorry.
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12 Q. When you went to the Strand, was he already there?
13 A. No, he was not.
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15 Q. So he arrived after you?
16 A. That is correct.
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18 Q. Did he leave before you did?
19 A. Yes, he did.
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21 Q. Do you know, from your own knowledge, what he went to go
22 and do?
23 A. No.
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25 Q. Did he tell you why he left?
26 A. No, he did not.
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28 Q. What level was he at by the time he left?
29 A. He was a First Assistant.
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31 Q. Do you know from your own recollection whether he ever did
32 97 hours in a week?
33 A. No. It is impossible.
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35 Q. Impossible?
36 A. Impossible.
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38 Q. Was he a good Manager?
39 A. Very.
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41 Q. What sort of hours would he -----
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43 MISS STEEL: Please can you go slower?
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45 MR. RAMPTON: What sort of hours do you think, on average, he
46 would have worked during the course of a week?
47 A. I scheduled him, like all my managers, for 40 hours.
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49 Q. Yes.
50 A. But from time to time he does stay behind to do extra
51 work to make it better, because Michael was a very
52 ambitious person.
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54 Q. Ambitious?
55 A. Ambitious person.
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57 Q. What was your practice like about ensuring that crews'
58 hours -----
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: May I just ask: do you know anything about
