(10 Apr 2024, 9:13 pm)Dan wrote A change in personnel is the likely answer.
It was my personal preference for that to be black on an E400, but most engineers would see this as an unnecessary thing to do as it adds an extra day to the painting process.
I suspect engineers have a much louder voice these days and there will be a greater focus upon lean engineering, which is also why StreetDecks run on the 51/52 and 93/94 daily (GNE staff have openly confirmed on public Facebook forums that the Angel StreetDecks are being “kept local” to reduce lost mileage, as opposed to repairing the faults so they can be allocated to the routes for which they were purchased).
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Seems sensible to opt for a leaner approach cutting out cosmetic steps that add time and cost to processes unneccessarily - arguably should never have been wasting time and money on that while cutting services etc ... but if only they were using the resource released as a result to address some of the more serious issues affecting the fleet, including vehicles looking in a shocking state (i.e. much worse than not just not having black window trims)