(05 Jul 2022, 9:30 pm)Chris 1 wrote I was thinking more along the lines drivers leaving now to then come back purely for the bonus. There’s a reason they’ll have jumped across to HGV in the first place, £750 won’t change them.
I cannot imagine that it would be possible to leave on the Friday and rejoin the following Monday and get the bonus!
Why would a driver leave anyway and lose any seniority they may have just to get £750, which is paid in two instalments 5 months apart?
(05 Jul 2022, 8:09 pm)busmanT wrote Perhaps that's why services are having to be cut - fares are too cheap!
The two £2.30 examples are simply far too cheap for the distance covered - has the number of passengers travelling Murton to Durham and Consett to Durham more than doubled? I bet they haven't.
Has the number of passengers travelling Birtley to Gateshead increased by 30%? Again, I doubt it - if they have the 21 would be running more frequently than every 10 minutes.
Did GNE’s gamble to slash fares in the hope of increasing footfall and income fail and now they, and their passengers, are now paying for it with losses (for the company) and service reductions (for passengers)?