(15 Mar 2015, 9:43 pm)Dan wrote JH drivers were driving JH buses. Could identify them a mile away as they didn't seem to be wearing any form of uniform other than a high viz with JH lettering on the back.
Arriva don't have enough spare double deckers on Saturdays to provide a full PVR for Metro Replacements themselves, unlike Go North East who have a tonne of spare Volvo B7s. There is of course a link between JH and Classic, so I guess agreements between Classic and Arriva carried on as normal when the staff moved over to JH.
So why is it classed as Arriva operating the service(in your photos) and at least in the last line suspension, it had "on hire to Arriva" on the buses?