(29 Sep 2023, 3:34 pm)L469 YVK wrote As if they've got the resource to do that when have been struggling enough.
Will just be a coincidence if there's a bout of sickness on Wednesday at Blyth depot and the Coast Road services are effectively non-existent after 9.30pm!
Surprised the independents & coach operators haven't been selling seats on GNE's key corridors out of Newcastle on Wednesday night too!
Although there'll be a huge huge impact, particularly on those who have no other options - it's a bit like the train strikes. Leisure travellers (and those who can) just plan around it. Uber and the black cabs will be rubbing their hands with glee (alongside car park owners!). Once they've remembered how nice their cars are in the autumn chill, it'll take a lot to drag them back onto buses
Most people will work from home or businesses will work around reduced front line - from my side, all those covid plans are dusted off and replaced with strikes. In most cases, if a car share isn't available, we're just paying for taxis as the value of the colleague being in the building is above £20 on the corporate account (but I appreciate some organisations can't or won't do that)