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« on: March 01, 2008, 10:23:03 »
Is it only me or are others baffled by the fact that in the week Notwork Snail gets fined ^14,000,000 its chairman Ian McAllister gets a knighthood?

Shouldn't he get a P45 rather than a knighthood? Also how does a fine help the passenger?

Does this indicate just how far out of touch the government is?

It's not only FGW▸ (First Great Western) that has questions to answer.
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2008, 10:38:50 »
utter madness!
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2008, 11:54:31 »
Quote from: Andy W on March 01, 2008, 10:23:03
Is it only me or are others baffled by the fact that in the week Notwork Snail gets fined ^14,000,000 its chairman Ian McAllister gets a knighthood?

Shouldn't he get a P45 rather than a knighthood? Also how does a fine help the passenger?

Does this indicate just how far out of touch the government is?

It's not only FGW▸ (First Great Western) that has questions to answer.

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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2008, 01:34:58 »
Personally, I agree with you, Andy W.

See the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News story, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7267658.stm, and a quote from towards the end of the item:

"The ORR» (Office of Rail and Road, formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) fine came on the same day that the chairman of Network Rail, Sir Ian McAllister, was knighted by the Prince of Wales for "services to transport."

At the time of the disruption in January, Sir Ian declined to come into work because he said he would "only get in the way."

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