Day 204 - 15 Jan 96 - Page 39
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2 Q. As an indication of what crew are thinking or feeling about
3 certain issues they have been asked about, does the Company
4 take it seriously or just ignore it completely?
5 A. Take it seriously.
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7 Q. And it is a completely confidential survey, is it?
8 A. I think it is as confidential as you can possibly make
9 it, yes.
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11 Q. Is the reason it is confidential so that a crew member who
12 might feel reticent about bringing up certain issues would
13 be quite confident of putting down what they really think
14 on that survey?
15 A. It is the same reason that most surveys are
16 confidential, if it is internal, that obviously if people
17 want to say things that are maybe controversial, with no
18 fear of retribution, they are more likely to put it in,
19 whether that, you know, worry is real or not.
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21 Q. What is your present position?
22 A. Operations Manager.
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24 Q. For?
25 A. Anglia and some other central group, but that side of
26 the country.
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28 Q. What is the percentage in that survey -- if you ask people
29 the question, "Do you get paid for all the hours you work",
30 what percentage would concern you that there might be
31 problems nationally with people being paid for the hours
32 they worked: three per cent, 10 per cent, 20 per cent?
33 A. What percentage would?
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35 Q. What percentage of people saying in that survey, in this
36 confidential survey, saying they did not get paid for the
37 hours they worked?
38 A. Any per cent saying they were not going to get paid
39 would concern me.
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41 Q. You do not know what that percentage is in question?
42 A. Not off the top of my head, no.
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44 MR. MORRIS: (Pause) Sorry, we are seeing -- we are going to
45 move on.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Have you many more questions to ask?
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49 MR. MORRIS: I have not, because we have dealt with the crew
50 turnover.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not need any explanation. I am merely
53 enquiring. Do you have any more, Ms. Steel?
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55 MS. STEEL: I am not entirely sure. I mean, the questions
56 I have left are based on the performance reviews, but .....
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We are going to finish Mr. Davis comfortably
59 this afternoon then, are we not?
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