On Apr 21, 10:21*pm, Tom Barry wrote:

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or d) Brother Crow has just got a 20% pay rise for Overground staff out
of Boris and co. and fancies pushing things as hard as he can to see how
tough the new boy is now Tim O'Toole is no longer around to spoil things
by being popular and reasonable.


Interesting - I'd missed the pay rise for LO staff.

I've just read this piece by Wolmar on Tim O'Toole leaving the job -
the point Wolmar makes about O'Toole's "classless American accent"
helping him to communicate with staff at all levels is a good one,
especially when considering the relationship with the unions:
http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/200...ail-extra-613/