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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                           DAVID ROBERTS, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
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     2   Q.   He was on study leave, was he -- because he has zero hours
     3        for at least three pay periods.  So how long was he on
     4        study leave for?
     5        A.  I cannot remember exactly.
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     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What was his name?
     8        A.  Telford.
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    10   Q.   Whereabouts in the list is he?
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    12   MS. STEEL:  He is number 4220.  (To the witness)  So, what, he
    13        went to college and then came back at the end of term?
    14        A.  No.  Certain crew would take six weeks off, seven
    15        weeks, whatever, for their revision for their exams.
    16
    17   Q.   What about eight weeks, is that ---
    18        A.  Sorry?
    19
    20   Q.   -- common practice?
    21        A.  Sorry?
    22
    23   Q.   Is eight weeks common practice?
    24        A.  For study leave?
    25
    26   Q.   Yes.
    27        A.  It depends on the circumstances.  I do not enforce hard
    28        and fast rules just across the board.  It depends on the
    29        person.
    30
    31   Q.   If you look at -- it is on page 82, then if you look at
    32        page 86, he has got no hours on there; then if you look at
    33        page 89, he has got no hours on there; if you look at page
    34        93, he has no hours on there; then on page 97, I think he
    35        disappears.
    36        A.  Obviously he left.
    37
    38   Q.   So he had been on all that time not doing any hours and
    39        left?
    40        A.  Yes.
    41
    42   Q.   So he should have been terminated earlier, should he not?
    43        A.  Unfortunately, the eight weeks earlier I did not know
    44        he was going to leave because he had not told me.
    45
    46   Q.   Are you saying that Mr. Beech is the only occasion when
    47        this ever happened?
    48        A.  When what happened, sorry?
    49
    50   Q.   This failure to terminate immediately? 
    51        A.  No, it is not. 
    52 
    53   Q.   This failure to take them off the system immediately?
    54        A.  No, it is not.
    55
    56   Q.   Right.  It happens quite often; it is not at all unusual,
    57        is it?
    58        A.  I have not got any figures on how often it happens, no.
    59
    60   Q.   It probably was not at all unusual when Mr. Nevison
 
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