Little Dragon
1st Aug 2000, 22:43
Don't freak, but I'm the Observer's transport journalist usurping your network briefly to see if anyone wants to talk. I've had brief but absolutely trustworthy info passed to me that there is fresh and genuine concern about safety among some senior controllers at LATCC because of a combination of traffic levels/staffing levels/equipment problems/delay opening NERC.
If any controllers and/or managers want to speak to me about this call me at work on 020 77134393 or email me at [email protected] or [email protected]
I know you will be thrown off the battlements for talking so I GUARANTEE to protect your identity and would go to jail without revealing it. If you contact me we can discuss how to verify our credentials to each other without jeopardising your position.
I know this is not a new topic and I know professionals get (quite rightly) offended when things are reported melodramatically and with inaccuracies. Inaccuracy is intolerable and I do my best to avoid it. A certain amount of drama is inevitable even from broadsheets and, although you calm pros do not like it, it has a huge effect at the top of organisations if we report fears and the big cheeses know there is truth behind it.
I have backed off the LATCC story of late for lack of evidence. If there are no problems, fine, you'll never hear from me again. But I know the info I have received is not said lightly and is not just about trying to shelve the privatisation. I never claim to be an expert, that is why I ask for assistance from those who know their stuff.
Last summer I decided NOT to do an 'accident waiting to happen' story about signals passed at danger on the railways for fear of being called sensationalist....and then we had Ladbroke Grove. Thankyou and goodnight.
If any controllers and/or managers want to speak to me about this call me at work on 020 77134393 or email me at [email protected] or [email protected]
I know you will be thrown off the battlements for talking so I GUARANTEE to protect your identity and would go to jail without revealing it. If you contact me we can discuss how to verify our credentials to each other without jeopardising your position.
I know this is not a new topic and I know professionals get (quite rightly) offended when things are reported melodramatically and with inaccuracies. Inaccuracy is intolerable and I do my best to avoid it. A certain amount of drama is inevitable even from broadsheets and, although you calm pros do not like it, it has a huge effect at the top of organisations if we report fears and the big cheeses know there is truth behind it.
I have backed off the LATCC story of late for lack of evidence. If there are no problems, fine, you'll never hear from me again. But I know the info I have received is not said lightly and is not just about trying to shelve the privatisation. I never claim to be an expert, that is why I ask for assistance from those who know their stuff.
Last summer I decided NOT to do an 'accident waiting to happen' story about signals passed at danger on the railways for fear of being called sensationalist....and then we had Ladbroke Grove. Thankyou and goodnight.