Who knows? But if the cash flow planned in the budget does not appear and you start running out of cash, the question is mostly of theoretical interest. Usually what happens is some of the foundation assumptions used in the budget process do not pan out, sometimes due to unforeseen happenstances. The more relevant question is how do you manage yourself out of the current situation while causing least damage. We in the private industry have gone through this a couple of times now between 1999 and today, so this is nothing new really. it happens in business from time to time.Was the budget realistic in the first place?
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Sounds like a distinction without a difference.It's just hidden, not deleted.
This behind the scenes silent maneuvering only serves to make these decisions look even more suspect. Was the forum sold to Amtrak when I wasn't looking or is there a self appointed prefect who has chosen to place Amtrak's public relations interests above the will of the membership?I believe that one (or more) of the admins tend to be a bit skittish about the possibility of publishing something that got "leaked" on here. This sort of thing happened back in August over the AGR 2.0 leak
This is bad news (and this other thing seems like bad news, too, LOL) ... except that it's good that Boardman is moving on the problem now.Per the Philadelphia Inquirer (and as anyone who read this morning's thread before it was deleted already knew) Boardman is requesting 3.8% budget cuts from department heads and will be taking "more aggressive actions" in the future.
If I'm not mistaken, I saw it "leaked" on Trainorders before I saw it here!I believe that one (or more) of the admins tend to be a bit skittish about the possibility of publishing something that got "leaked" on here. This sort of thing happened back in August over the AGR 2.0 leak
For those of us who aren't members over at TrainOrders and thus can't read past page one, may I ask what exactly was reported in regards to Auto Train?Yes I noticed the earlier Boardman posting was missing (deleted except to admins).
Seems TrainOrders has had no problems with Gene Poons posting of same...it's now grown to be a 4 page thread.
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,3959079,3959079#msg-3959079
Page 3 has Gene Poon telling of a rumor (he trusts the source) that Auto Train will have major changes
Page 3 also mentions & comments about the fact that Our forum deleted the original post & then put it back up.
What was said by Mr. Poon is pretty much what was stated above "major upcoming changes". The only other mention (I could find via search of this thread) of the Auto Train was regarding the 7 hour turnaround ("unloaded, cleaned, serviced, restocked, loaded and dispatched") of the train each day.For those of us who aren't members over at TrainOrders and thus can't read past page one, may I ask what exactly was reported in regards to Auto Train?Yes I noticed the earlier Boardman posting was missing (deleted except to admins).
Seems TrainOrders has had no problems with Gene Poons posting of same...it's now grown to be a 4 page thread.
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,3959079,3959079#msg-3959079
Page 3 has Gene Poon telling of a rumor (he trusts the source) that Auto Train will have major changes
Page 3 also mentions & comments about the fact that Our forum deleted the original post & then put it back up.
And it would be a courtesy if they shared their reasoning with other members publicly, since it affects us all.Wow. I made the original post. Would have been nice if an admin had sent me a message to let me know they were taking it down. Being a long time member here, I believe I have earned that small courtesy.
He probably would have if they had bothered to inform him of their secretive moderating strategy. How else was he supposed to know about this? Is every OP supposed to perform periodic searching for their own posts just to see if they've been silently hidden from view by an overly protective moderator?You probably owe them the courtesy of complaining to them in private, it's not like you don't know who they are.
Agreed 100%.And it would be a courtesy if they shared their reasoning with other members publicly, since it affects us all. Now events have outrun the censorship event, since the info has "leaked" into the newspapers. So would it be possible to restore some or all of the Comments into this thread? I'm highly amused to think that anyone could have thought that a letter sent to Amtrak's 20,000+ employees could somehow remain "secret". They've been remarkably good at keeping secrets about the CAF order. But no way to keep a letter implying big changes in some working conditions, possible job cuts, or even train-offs -- that's going public for sure. And it should. After all, the owners of the company -- in effect that's us, taxpayers, whose puny $1.5 Billion or so keeps the operation going -- have some right to know as well.Wow. I made the original post. Would have been nice if an admin had sent me a message to let me know they were taking it down. Being a long time member here, I believe I have earned that small courtesy.
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