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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The way it was put alarmed me, I have to
     2        say.
     3
     4   MR. MORRIS:  I am trying to see if there is anything else I need
     5        to ask about unions.  There is one matter about David McGee
     6         -----
     7
     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You have to give Mr. Pearson credit, no
     9        doubt, for having thought quite carefully, I should think,
    10        about every line he put in his statement.  I think it
    11        unlikely that off the cuff general questions are going to
    12        advance Mr. Pattinson's evidence.  By all means ask about,
    13        you wanted to make the point about, if there was anything
    14        you wanted to ask about overtime.
    15
    16   MR. MORRIS:  I wanted to go on to David McGee's statement.
    17
    18   THE WITNESS:  Does that mean -- there was a particular point
    19        I was interrupted in wanting to make about the handbook but
    20        does that mean -----
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You had better make it now.
    23        A.  Just in general terms, my Lord, I was going to go on to
    24        say that I had the general impression that it is a Handbook
    25        geared, as it would inevitably be, towards the young
    26        employee, and I noticed on page 24, paragraph A, the basic
    27        guidelines and responsibilities begin with the statement:
    28        "There will be no objection to crew employees dating one
    29        another".  That is, first of all, the employee guidelines
    30        on that page and it gives one the impression of a handbook
    31        very much geared towards the very young, the very
    32        inexperienced and, inevitably, would explain its great
    33        attention to detail.
    34
    35        One might well argue that employees faced with this
    36        handbook would find it very prescriptive, if I may just try
    37        to use a neutral approach to this issue, very, very
    38        prescriptive.  Thank you.
    39
    40   MR. MORRIS:  You wanted to look at David McGee's statement where
    41        it refers to you.  I think you can put the Crew Handbook
    42        away now.  We have finished with that.
    43
    44   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, Mr. McGee's statement is now in volume
    45        3.  It is at B3 in volume 3.
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS:  That is on the top shelf, it should be, I think.
    48
    49   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Have I actually been given -----
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, it has been done this morning, your Lordship. 
    52 
    53
    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Very well.  Just tell me, section B goes into
    55        pale blue 3, does it?
    56
    57   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, pale blue 3.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am still working on the other one, but if
    60        you give the new references I will get up to date.

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