(30 May 2023, 2:13 pm)RobinHood wrote Absolutely the opposite to be honest. It's good management when you understand why they are doing this.
The MMCs are a new vehicle type to Redcar and as a result, they will not put them into the X93 until all drivers who need to be, have been vehicle familiarised. Which, is a key part of risk management and may not be immediately apparent.
I'm aware of the importance of vehicle familiarisation, how hot Arriva are on it, and that drivers shouldn't be driving passengers without being familiarised first. However, you've essentially got 2 brand new buses on local work/not doing anything on likely one of the busiest days of the year while you're sending Streetlites, Temsas, and 13 year old DB300s to Scarborough. I'd understand the Saturday and Sunday, but then it seems odd to not use one at all yesterday and have the other trundling around on the P&R. Outside looking in I'd have thought they'd be able to work out a plan to get more use out of them.
In all honesty it's more that it's got to this state in general that screams as bad management than anything else.