Leasing additional equipment to run more trains to carry the commuters sounds like band aids to me. Nothing said about the problem -poor castings, poor design or both. What is the solution ?? new castings ?? How many years will that take ??
The cars had to be taken out of service. What would you do, have them shut down services until the cars were repaired?
Regardless, the focus of the meeting was also broken by a request for increased services, as was the press release by Madeliene Dean. It's unclear to me whether the leased cars are to replace the defective cars or for additional service. Maybe the leased cars are for both.
I missed the part about the cars being under warrantee. If the cars are under some sort of warrantee, I wonder whether the manufacturer is liable for the cost of the leased cars that replace those taken out of service.
