Posts by Sacha
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to Sacha,
Comment on AKT provides another view about the relationship between train operator Veolia and funder Auckland Transport, though it ignores the huge influence of govt policy settings.
My feelings are that Veolia is being blamed for the incompetence of Auckland Transport (Previously ARTA).
For a very long time it has been common knowledge that all the scheduling decisions are made by AT and Veolia are then asked to comment and ultimately implement them.
Veolia, being a contractor who wants to keep the contract, goes along with what AT say and everything goes downhill from there.
...Veolia has really been sold a pup since they started here. It seems strange to me though that they have stayed for more but I suppose that they can’t afford to pull out. They have no control over schedules, they have no real control over LEs hired from outside to drive trains. They have little or no control over maintenance because that contract is negotiated by AT and KR.
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to bmk,
it wasn't running rugby
I admit I'm biased towards that. Fiji much more my cup o tea.
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Hands up who is glad the weather on Friday wasn't like this?
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to BenWilson,
I think it was all about kicks because it was so tense
Isn't a propensity for kicking England's standard game?
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to BenWilson,
Japan had a great game too
+1
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to BenWilson,
Playing a kicking game alone, relying on Wilkinson, very nearly lost them the match
My fingers were crossed. I detest boring rugby.
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to recordari,
Those black jerseys were pathetic, and in the end bothered me greatly.
Got boos.
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
some train staff have been communicating extremely clearly with Veolia and their union reps about being harassed and abused by customers last night
Quite. The phrase 'meat in the sandwich' comes to mind. Management of the rail operator, contracting agency and cup organisers are responsible, as are politicians both national and local who set the regulations and resources they operate within.
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Labour's official release by their Tourism spokesperson, Kelvin Davis.
“This was our big opportunity to promote New Zealand to overseas visitors. It was a debacle, from the disaster that was the transport system to the inadequacy of crowd control and police numbers, and the failure of technology which saw only three out of the six big screens working.
"It was interesting to overhear Kiwis caught up in the shambles apologising to foreigners for the problems.
“The Prime Minister, the Rugby World Cup Minister, the Minister of Infrastructure, and the Minister of Transport all had a hand in this. It’s now up to them to explain what went wrong.
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to George Darroch,
I guess it makes superficial sense from a brand manager's perspective..