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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                                 DAVID ROBERTS, Examined:
 
 
 
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     2   MR. RAMPTON:  I have got copies for everybody.  As I say, my
     3        arithmetic is not always of calibre.
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     5   MS. STEEL:   Have you a spare one?
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     7   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  (Handed)
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     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I will put this in due course -- where shall
    10        I put it -- behind Mr. Beech or behind -----
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    12   MR. RAMPTON:   Probably, my Lord, it is best to put it with
    13        Mr. Beech because I shall be asking Mr. Beech some
    14        questions about it.  It is, perhaps, useful that I can hand
    15        it up now, because everybody can check to see how many
    16        mistakes I have made.  (To the witness):  Assume,
    17        Mr. Roberts, that my arithmetic is reasonably accurate --
    18        we will see sooner or later whether it is or not but assume
    19        that it is -- and then I would like to ask you one or two
    20        questions about these figures.  This, I think, speaks for
    21        itself but perhaps you would just confirm it.  If somebody
    22        has worked fewer premium hours than one hour during the
    23        course of a fortnight, it follows, does it not, that he
    24        cannot have worked past midnight on any day during that
    25        fortnight -- is that right -- because the premium hours
    26        start at 11.00?
    27        A.  Yes, the premium hours do start at 11 o'clock, yes.
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    29   Q.   Second, if you look at the second and third entries, the
    30        first one is a short one -- this is the fortnight in which
    31        he started -- but the second two are 35.5 and nearly 38 in
    32        the course of that fortnight; that is the total number of
    33        hours.  What does that suggest to you about the kinds of
    34        shifts that he was doing at that time?
    35        A.  Well, obviously, over the Christmas period, he has
    36        decided that he wants to work more hours or been asked to
    37        work more hours.  To me, that would be three shifts, four
    38        shifts.
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    40   Q.   When the shifts are recorded in the fortnightly payroll
    41        summaries, which is what I have taken these figures from,
    42        because they represent what the crew member will be paid
    43        for, has been paid for, they do not include the breaks?
    44        A.  That is correct.  The crew member would clock out for
    45        the breaks himself.  Therefore, that would not be on there
    46        at all; it would just be total hours actually worked, not
    47        including breaks.
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    49   Q.   So if there were 4 x 10 hour shifts in a fortnight?
    50        A.  It would be four minus 45 minute breaks. 
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    52   Q.   Which is three hours? 
    53        A.  Yes.
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    55   Q.   Can I take you now down to the period when you took over,
    56        which is seven up from the bottom?
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    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I propose to do for ease of reference is
    59        just number them from the top,
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