Day 122 - 05 May 95 - Page 18

     
     1   MS. STEEL:  Yes, Mr. Nicholson, why did not any explicit
     2        instruction appear in the 1986 Crew Handbook?
     3
     4   MR. RAMPTON:  I did not say it did not appear, I said there was
     5        a difference.
     6
     7   MS. STEEL:  I am not basing my question on what you just said,
     8        I was looking at it myself.
     9
    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We had better look at it, and Mr. Nicholson
    11        had better look at it.
    12
    13   THE WITNESS:  Can I have a reference?
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, pink XI, Mr. Nicholson, tab 1, first of
    16        all, page 46.
    17        A.  Tab 1.
    18
    19   Q.   Page 46 of the bundle, (f) at the top.  Then, if you turn
    20        on to tab 4, page 230 of the bundle, there is a section
         "Electrical Equipment"?
    22        A.  Yes, there is just further emphasising it.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The second paragraph is the same.  There is a
    25        larger paragraph inserted ahead of it.  What might be put
    26        to you is that if you read what is at (f) some crew member
    27        might think that that is not directed at something which as
    28        simple as changing a plug, whereas if they read what was
    29        set out in 1989 -- well, I suppose the same comment may be
    30        made there, but there we are.
    31
    32   MS. STEEL:   There is a -----
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is going to sounds bit sexist because
    35        I suppose very many women change plugs nowadays, but
    36        you might find a typical 22 year-old man, who has changed
    37        so many plugs, light bulbs and everything else -- it might
    38        never cross his mind if a machine suddenly stops working
    39        not to take the plug out and ---
    40        A.  Change the fuse.
    41
    42   Q.  --  change the fuse, or see if the wiring has come away in
    43        some way and deal with it if it has.
    44        A.  Yes.
    45
    46   Q.   Even if he had been told he should not do that, he might
    47        feel strong temptation to get on and do it anyway?
    48        A.  I think that is why it is more heavily emphasised later
    49        than it was in 1986, but in 1986 it is quite clear,
    50        electrical installations and equipment must not be tampered 
    51        with.  When I joined the company in 1983 one of things 
    52        I was told in the restaurant I did my month in: "Do not 
    53        attempt to repair electrical equipment".
    54
    55   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, the change must have come between 1988
    56        and 1989 because page 101, which is 1988, is the same as
    57        1986.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Leave it there.
    60