(11 Feb 2024, 2:30 pm)Malarkey wrote Agreed, Seems to me this is wider issue that isn't just affecting the Streetdecks, it's affecting all vehicle types at Riverside if the engineers are simply doing the above to get Buses back on the road faster.
Higher ups should really be pulling the engineer in question who is signing these off each time to see why they are doing so without fixing the fault and potentially putting colleagues at risk depending on what the fault is, appreciate they may have fixed it previously but if it's a reoccurring fault then it should be investigated further.
Let me be clear: this isn’t a depot or even company-specific issue. It is an industry-wide issue.
Whilst most operators have now overcome the issues they faced with regards to the shortage of bus drivers, there is still a massive labour shortage in engineering.
It goes without saying that it is a lot more difficult to train an engineer than it is a bus driver. That is not me slamming bus drivers, but it takes years to qualify as an engineer in a specific trade. That is a fact.
This means that the remaining engineers are under extreme pressure, and Engineering Managers and Supervisors are likely to be making the call to undertake quick fixes, rather than get to the root cause of the issues.
There probably needs to be a culture reset in the industry that having enough buses to meet morning runout but one or more of those buses then breaking down is just as bad as not having enough buses in the first place. In my view it is even worse, due to the extra time and resource it takes to respond to the breakdown.
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