Day 144 - 28 Jun 95 - Page 61

     
     1   MS. STEEL:  Which is what I said.
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     3   MR. RAMPTON:  No, twice without the "give".
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     5   MS. STEEL:  When I read out I read out the complete quote.
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     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do not worry about it.
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     9   MS. STEEL:  I do get fed up with Mr. Rampton making stupid
    10        comments the whole day long.
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    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just calm down.  In fact we will all have
    13        five minutes and hope the temperature drops a bit.
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    15                       (Short Adjournment).
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    17   MS. STEEL:  Mr. Stein, I just wanted to ask a couple of
    18        questions about the crew turnover figures.
    19        A.  OK.
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    Q.   These are worked out on a computer, are they?
    22        A.  Yes, they are.
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    24   Q.   Do you know what information is put into the computer in
    25        order to get these figures?
    26        A.  Yes, it is the total number of crew that have worked
    27        during any particular year versus the number of crew that
    28        you have at the end of the year.
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    30   Q.   Those are the figures that are put in?
    31        A.  Yes, in general it is done on an every-month basis and
    32        then they annualise it on a monthly basis.
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    34   Q.   So this is compared to what the number of crew there are at
    35        the end of the year?
    36        A.  Well, the number of crew on board versus the number of
    37        crew that were there during the whole year.
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    39   Q.   The number of crew on board at what point?
    40        A.  We are talking right now about the end of the year.
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    42   Q.   So say, for example, in October 1989 there is 197 per cent
    43        turnover, what does that mean in terms of ----
    44        A.  That means that if the rate were to continue to the
    45        rest of the year, then that would be the rate for the whole
    46        year.  If the rate of leaving were to continue for the
    47        whole year that would be the turnover for the year.
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    49   Q.   So that is how many people left in September compared to
    50        how many people were working in -- sorry, in October 
    51        compared to how many people were working at the end of the 
    52        year? 
    53        A.  I think may be confusion is they will do it on a
    54        monthly basis and give you a monthly figure, but most often
    55        they will annualise it on a continual basis throughout the
    56        year.  So what I like to look at are annualised figures so
    57        I know where it is along the year, because if you look at
    58        any one month there can be an aberration, if you will, but
    59        if you are looking at a series of months and it is an
    60        annualised kind of thing, you can get a better picture of