Category Archives: Management Follies

Two Year Anniversary of the deaths of Jeff Garrard & Sung Oh

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

[I meant to post this on January 26.  Somehow it was left as a “draft” and not posted.]: Today, January 26, 2012, is the two year anniversary of the completely avoidable and incredibly tragic accident that killed my former coworkers … Continue reading →

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Metro Admits Liability for June 22, 2009 Wreck

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

I’m glad to see that after over 2 1/2 years Metro has finally done the right thing and admitted liability for the June 22, 2009 wreck — even if it was for legal expediency. It is unclear to me why … Continue reading →

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Overtime Limits Part of Contract Negotiations?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Fatigue due to excessive overtime (OT) is in the news again. I found it interesting that WMATA sees this serious safety issue as a ‘bargaining chip’: “Metro officials have said they plan to rely on a study released last week … Continue reading →

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Excessive Overtime Causes Fatigue

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

I’ve written about the very serious problems caused by employees working too much overtime (OT) several times before — here, here, here, and most recently here. In the news lately is a story that suggests the Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC) … Continue reading →

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Cembre Connectors, Part 2

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Back in January, I posted about the Cembre connectors Metro has been using for the past few years. A member of Metro management (who I knew casually the entire 27 years I was at Metro) recently discovered that post and … Continue reading →

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Forced Overtime

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

The Washington Post recently published a “Doctor Gridlock” column about forced overtime at Metro. The issue of forced overtime (OT) was one of many things that bothered me while I was an active employee. WMATA would (and apparently still does) … Continue reading →

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Metro’s Hiring Practices

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Over at Greater Greater Washington (GGW) there is an interesting piece by David Alpert titled, “To really FixWMATA or Unsuck DC Metro, get involved”.  It has attracted a lot of attention and generated many comments. I just posted a comment … Continue reading →

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