The announcement by LTA
that, the actual root cause for this very unfortunate MRT breakdown is still
yet to be determined. A lot of
unproductive down time incurred either by business, social or family at large. According
to the news, CNA; most probably, an independent expert team will be called upon
to assist. I am not sure what is the expertize composition is like for this
independent expert team; perhaps beside EE or EEE personnel which I suspect
will be the majority members, I would suggest ME discipline could also be
included in this team; to poke some innocent school boy questions or out of the
box question along the drive way for the team to consider while deliberating on
those data and causes of the said failure on hand. Good Luck to then and may I
wish them success in their endeavor. Once the real or actual root cause/s has
been ascertained; I hope LTA will give an update on the expert team findings
soon.
On a lighter side, According
to my BC colleague Logan, “I had one of
my worst days (7/7/2015 from 1845hr to 2230hr) as a Bus Captain. My mouth jaw
also pain, vocal cord strained; keep on telling the pax , “ not need tap”, “
free ride”.
My employer has instructed that, all “internal
line”; feeder bus services to run for another 30mins before end-of-service for
7/7/2015. Those BC working on this extra service time till the early morning of
8/7/15; the management is very thoughtful of them. Each BC was treated to a set
McDonald Meal from 0100hr to 0130hr; however for me, while still on the road,
as per blog post no.5; at 0118hr on 8/7/2015, I did not get to eat any fast
food, but I did got a mouthful of complaint from a pax by saying it is “ free,
foc” to him. Life is never fair, I guess.
The complimentary bus free
ride actually continued into 8/7/2015 noon time. My employer also realized
that, majority of us, BC, did suffer much voice box injuries and proceeded to
buy Herbal JJ Tea and 100 Plus for us to drink and nourish our throat. I did
not consume my share of the drinks; I gave it to the Cleaner. Thank You to my
Company; “ xie xie gong xi”.
The system should automatically disable the ezylink machine, and shows "free ride" at the LCD to inform the commuters.
ReplyDeleteYa Agree too, maybe a sign could do also, but it depends also if the bus drivers on the road knows if a breakdown in MRT has happen before hand and not until the last minute.
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