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     1        the adjustments audit report which is done first and then
     2        the information on that, the final information on that, is
     3        transferred to the clock card file?
     4        A.  No -- yes, it is correct, yes.
     5
     6   Q.   We can see that from the timing, can we not?  If you look
     7        at the time column, which is the furthest one on the right
     8        in the adjustments report, it starts at 11.13 in the
     9        morning of 28th, I assume, is that right -- you see the
    10        time at the top, 29th November 1990?
    11        A.  Yes.
    12
    13   Q.   The time of this document is 3.53?
    14        A.  Yes, sorry, I am looking at the wrong place, yes.
    15
    16   Q.   3.53 in the morning.  Then the times in the right-hand
    17        column on that sheet must be the times for the day before
    18        28th?
    19        A.  Yes, I think that would be right.
    20
    Q.   Wednesday, 28th.  You see that the last time in that column
    22        is 3.47, yes?
    23        A.  Yes.
    24
    25   Q.   If you look at the clock card sheets you see that they
    26        begin on page 1 at 3.47.  Do you see that?
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Where do we see that?
    29
    30   MR. RAMPTON:  The top of page 1, my Lord.
    31
    32   THE WITNESS:  Yes.
    33
    34   MR. RAMPTON:  It is the information on the clock card sheets, is
    35        it not, which forms the basis on which the crew members are
    36        paid?
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The clock card file, it says, that is what
    39        you mean, is it?
    40
    MR. RAMPTON:  That is what I mean, my Lord.  I call it "sheet",
    42        I am sorry.  (To the witness):  It is the clock card file,
    43        Mr. Coton, is it not, that forms the basis on which the
    44        crew members are paid?
    45        A.  It is, yes.
    46
    47   Q.   It is sent by modem through to Headquarters who then send
    48        it on to the bank, do they not?
    49        A.  I believe that is the system, yes.
    50 
    51   Q.   So if crew members are going to be cheated out of their due 
    52        entitlement, the mechanics of that will appear, will they 
    53        not, on the adjustment audits report and not on the clock
    54        card sheets?
    55        A.  No, any adjustments that were created to anything would
    56        be on the audit report, with the clock card files the end
    57        result.
    58
    59   Q.   Shall we just have a look at some few examples?  One other
    60        thing before I do that:  Each crew member has a number, do