Courier Propaganda ?

[DGP1]

A speed of 6.44km/hr and a calling time of 6.6 or 9 seconds are applied to
each delivery point (address point). 6.6 seconds for address with no path
to the door and 9 seconds for address with paths leading to the door. The
calling time is the average time allowed to open and close gates to the
house, take out mail and any signed for items.

How it is made up:

Average calling time 9+6.6/2 = 7.8 seconds
Average number of delivery points per route = 450
Average call rate (which the frequency delivery point receiving mail on
each delivery route each day) is 85%
This means 382.5 of the 450 delivery points will receive mail each time the
postman goes out on a delivery round.

Typically a delivery route is about 9km long taking an average of 3.5 hours
(210mins) to complete.

Applying an average calling time of 7.8 seconds to 382.5 dps = 2983.8
seconds = 49.73mins = approximately 50 mins (for ease of illustration)
This therefore means 9km is covered in (210-50) mins = 160mins = 2 hours
40mins (2.67)

To work out the overall expected walking speed from this would

2.67=9
1 = X

X = 3.37km/hr = 2.1m/hr

This is an extract from an Ask_Allan reply which says very clearly that we are expected to walk at only 2.1mph.

[postie28]

Slightly off topic but when was the courier meant to be printing the results of the mail volumes falling or not, they did in the last issue.

I think they said if they got enough replies they would do so in my estimation 2 things could have happened:

1. They did not get what they thought was a statistically significant response to make a valid judgement. Although they did not say how many they would need to publish the results.

or

2. They did not agree with the results so decided not to publish.

i don't doubt for 1 milli second that you're 2nd estimation is the correct one

[Spedley]

...
2.67=9
...

This is an extract from an Ask_Allan reply which says very clearly that we are expected to walk at only 2.1mph.

If that is the quality of their mathematics on an official statement (put up on our office board) then no wonder we are in trouble.

EDIT: Oh, and what does

A speed of 6.44km/hr and a calling time of 6.6 or 9 seconds are applied to
each delivery point (address point)

mean?

[DGP1]

...
2.67=9
...

This is an extract from an Ask_Allan reply which says very clearly that we are expected to walk at only 2.1mph.

If that is the quality of their mathematics on an official statement (put up on our office board) then no wonder we are in trouble.

EDIT: Oh, and what does

A speed of 6.44km/hr and a calling time of 6.6 or 9 seconds are applied to
each delivery point (address point)

mean?

OK, here goes (it's a good job I did accountancy at college), the total delivery time for the duty is 3.5hours from that you must subtract the time you spend 'calling' at each address-in this case 50mins- which leaves 2 hours 40 minutes (or 2.67 hours) and the average distance is 9km, so that means you are expected to travel 9km in 2.67 hours which makes a speed of 3.37kph (or 2.1mph).

This is how every Pegasus revision should be laid out so that we can all see how they make the duties have been made up.

[lekker]

We shouldn't get near pegasus at all :cfo

[DGP1]

We shouldn't get near pegasus at all :cfo

I know but they seem to be determined to push it through in every office so we have to use every tool in our arsenal to defeat it.

[Spedley]

EDIT: Oh, and what does

A speed of 6.44km/hr and a calling time of 6.6 or 9 seconds are applied to
each delivery point (address point)

mean?

OK, here goes (it's a good job I did accountancy at college), the total delivery time for the duty is 3.5hours from that you must subtract the time you spend 'calling' at each address-in this case 50mins- which leaves 2 hours 40 minutes (or 2.67 hours) and the average distance is 9km, so that means you are expected to travel 9km in 2.67 hours which makes a speed of 3.37kph (or 2.1mph).

This is how every Pegasus revision should be laid out so that we can all see how they make the duties have been made up.

Sorry, I meant what does "A speed of 6.44km/hr ... applied to each delivery point " mean?
The page which ends saying we walk at 2.1mph starts of with you walking to 4mph.