Day 208 - 24 Jan 96 - Page 08

     
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     2   Q.   Do you remember any of the others?
     3        A.  I believe I went to the first one, but I am not
     4        entirely sure.
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     6   Q.   Do you remember what kind of period it was -- you say you
     7        went to one in February last year.  How long before that
     8        was the previous one that you had been to?
     9        A.  I could not say, to be honest.
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    11   Q.   One year, two years, three years?
    12        A.  It is a lot closer than that.  It is just that I did
    13        not actually go to them, so I would not be sure of the
    14        dates.
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    16   Q.   That is what I meant.  I meant -----
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    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You are being asked if you can remember, even
    19        approximately, how long before February 1995 was the last
    20        rap session you had been to?
         A.  Probably about two years before.  I am not sure.
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    23   MS. STEEL:  Right.  You may have been to two or three ---
    24        A.  Yes.
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    26   Q.   -- in total?  Were you an unusual crew member?
    27        A.  Other than the fact that I worked a lot of closes,
    28        I would not imagine so.
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    30   Q.   You would not imagine you were -- it is all right.  You
    31        were not especially selected to attend the rap sessions?
    32        A.  No, never.
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    34   Q.   Has your view of the Company changed in the last year or
    35        so, or over the time that you have been working for them?
    36        A.  Yes, I suppose it has in a lot of respects.  It is
    37        definitely becoming a better Company to work for.
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    39   Q.   So, a year ago you would have had a lot of criticisms of
    40        the Company?
         A.  I would not have said I had any criticism of the
    42        Company.  I had criticisms, perhaps, of the individual
    43        Managers, and perhaps that was down to training.  These
    44        things are being resolved.
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    46   Q.   So you did not have a negative viewpoint of the Company?
    47        A.  No, I would never say I had a negative viewpoint of the
    48        Company.
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    50   Q.   What about the Managers? 
    51        A.  The individual Managers, well, they are people at the 
    52        end of the day and everybody has different skills and 
    53        different personality qualities; and it is about them going
    54        on courses, perhaps, to learn people practice skills,
    55        organisational skills, which they seem to do.
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    57   Q.   So, generally, you thought everything was OK apart from a
    58        few problems with the way you were treated by the Managers?
    59        A.  Yes, I would agree with that statement, on the fact
    60        that everybody is individual in a sort of people-orientated