(28 Dec 2019, 11:15 pm)streetdeckfan wrote How long have they known about this change? Certainly longer than the couple weeks notice that they're giving passengers! They would have known about this change when the the tender went out so why would the council even give them the contract if they would be non-compliant?
I struggle to feel sympathy for the smaller operators, at the end of the day they've had years to plan ahead to make sure everything is compliant, and if they haven't it's their own fault. You can argue that they don't have the money to replace/modify vehicles like the big operators do, well then they shouldn't be in the business then
To be fair, there could be a multitude of issues or reasons behind the decision.
Just a couple I can think of off the top of my head: short-term cashlow, the mechanical failure of a PX (inbound or outbound), a deal falling through...
Sure we could come up with a fair few more if we all put our heads together.