'I think there was very much of a move to get it launched on time, under budget whatever the cost and I think that's a bit of a shame. And I'm afraid I've dumped one or two people in it at the planning conference here in October because one of the Directors said we were told it was going to be launched ahead of time, under budget, was it? And there is a difference between a physical launch and an actual. ... it was launched that's fine no problems but if people ??? America didn't switch it on, ... and it didn't work, it was a quotes system.X036 page 001.13 (tape 01.2.03) Jenny Notes/Tape 02/03/94It didn't work ??? but that was to be expected but I was concerned about that because if everyone was blowing the trumpet and saying of course it did, of course it did, my crew are expected to do far more than they were physically able to do. Because people would then say, well why are you behind, why aren't you up to date on the conversion rolling process. And I wasn't going to have that, you know, it's not just a matter of trying to throw blame ... but I just want it to be looked at in perspective. If it had been working 100% from day one, then yes if we were behind on anything it would be are own fault but I think you have to balance things with the actual capabilities of the system when it started. I would have suggested really if they'd had an extra month it would have been that much better. ... '
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