On 29 Jan, 19:55, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:47:43 -0800 (PST), wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7858610.stm

Chickens coming home to roost after all those unreasonable pay
settlements. Unfortunately it looks like the people who got those fat
pay rises arn't the ones who're going to suffer.

FWIW no front-line staff are going, and they are the ones that who
really seem to have the clout to negotiate better pay deals as opposed
to those in admin posts. I don't know why I say this as I suspect
it'll just incite you further.


I thought you'd be unable to resist a comment or two. Not quite as
vehement as I expected but close.

Paul, I'm tempted to ask all sorts of questions that I rather suspect
you can't really address, at least not on a public forum - so I'll ask
this one instead. What is the thinking behind these cuts - is it in
expectation of lower passenger numbers and hence lower revenue
courtesy of the recession, or is it part of a (or should I say the)
wider cost-cutting exercise across TfL - and if so has this budget-
crunch been brought on by Crossrail or are the factors at work rather
wider than that?