052/03

Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Tranz Rail
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Take steps to ensure that the level of compliance by locomotive engineers with channel 1 radio call requirements in track warrant control areas reaches 100% by 30 June 2004 and is maintained at that level through ongoing auditing.
Reply Text
We agree with the merit of this recommendation, however, because variable of human factors we cannot support committing to an absolute a 100% compliance target. Our regime of remote call monitoring and safety observations will be initiated to achieve optimum compliance.
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