Disruptions and driver shortages
Disruptions and driver shortages
(13 Nov 2022, 9:04 pm)Storx Not much to add what mb134 said so I'd just be parroting.I think we all know the situation with GNE to be fair but they must see some value keeping it for some reason or another?
One thing though is it'll be interesting to see what happens with Percy Main long term as they don't particularly have any work lately and I can't imagine there will be many people who want to run school buses which are the worst.
They've only really got the 1, 19, 309/310/311 and 41/41A now and they could lose the 1 in the evenings and 19 in whole if the contracts go wrong. The wages between the two aren't miles apart now either being £12.65 at Arriva vs £12.83 at GNE according to latest job adverts so that could be a positive for people picking Arriva not to mention the chore of urban work with Stagecoach which won't be some people's cup of tea. There's some drivers who are happily paid less on the minibus rota at Ashington to stay away from Newcastle.
(13 Nov 2022, 9:04 pm)Storx Not much to add what mb134 said so I'd just be parroting.I think we all know the situation with GNE to be fair but they must see some value keeping it for some reason or another?
One thing though is it'll be interesting to see what happens with Percy Main long term as they don't particularly have any work lately and I can't imagine there will be many people who want to run school buses which are the worst.
They've only really got the 1, 19, 309/310/311 and 41/41A now and they could lose the 1 in the evenings and 19 in whole if the contracts go wrong. The wages between the two aren't miles apart now either being £12.65 at Arriva vs £12.83 at GNE according to latest job adverts so that could be a positive for people picking Arriva not to mention the chore of urban work with Stagecoach which won't be some people's cup of tea. There's some drivers who are happily paid less on the minibus rota at Ashington to stay away from Newcastle.