(04 Jun 2024, 9:21 pm)mb134 wrote This is a large part of the reason Arriva are in the position they're in. Drivers become unhappy, and they don't need to take a significant pay cut to go to GNE/SNE and start afresh. 

Meanwhile, unhappy drivers at GNE/SNE are going to take one look at the ANE starting rate and stay where they are.

Indeed.  A driver whose held their license for 12 months can jump to GNE/SCNE and bag pay rise along the way.  Interesting Arriva persist with this model, does this benefit company, drivers or both I wonder?

I half thought they might have aligned with GNE/SCNE at the last pay negotiations.