(07 Oct 2019, 11:51 am)JP6004 wrote
As more is invested and the company goes through the natural churn, higher spec vehicles will eventually end up on scholar services - with sockets and wifi. However, Im pretty sure they travel on more buses than just the scholars. Do they not goo to town/ metrocentre etc. Think they are well aware of the superiority of front line services.
I'd hope higher spec vehicles were allocated through churn, but can't see it myself.
More money to be made selling a high spec decker than sticking it on a scholars.
As for being aware of higher spec vehicles, I reckon a proportion will use the bus to the Metrocentre or Newcastle on a weekend.
A proportion will get lifts off mammy and daddy, some will be playing football or some other sports and a proportion won't have a service - cos there's no money to be made on an evening or weekend.
I can purely base that assumption on eldest Constantopolous and his mates. I speak from experience.
Started driving lessons not long after his 17th birthday and passed his test a few months later.
He had been a bus user and had the benefit of his T&W Pop Card to mitigate costs.
Fancy interior or not; gaining independence, convenience and not being at the whims of GNE operational decisions were a priority.
He used a commercial service to/from school (with all the perks it had) until he left.
He's not the first of his group to do this and wasn't the last. I'd hazard a guess that his group aren't unique.