On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 03:27:31 -0700 (PDT)
John B wrote:
And your proposal to get there from where we are now without having
months of 'no trains at all' is...?

Don't know. I guess it depends how much fuss the unions would make about
non unionised contractors slowly replacing their members through natural
wastage when they retire or leave. There might even be some union members
who'd be happy to switch to contracting - as in other areas of work - the
contract rates were significantly higher than the permi rates. And once you
get to a certain percentage of contract staff you've got the unions over a
barrel.

B2003