Defining 'Capacity' Issues --Dickeson

If we're operating one eight-hour shift, five days a week, then we're speaking of a capacity operation of 23.8 percent. That's okay if we make that choice consciously. It's a policy decision.

It's Our Decision

When we speak of our industry as having "excess capacity" let's put it in these terms. "We've made a policy determination to operate at this level." That's a decision we've made to accommodate the human fatigue factor. We can change it by another decision tomorrow if we want to, but that's what it is today. We measure it as a percentage of the base 24/7.