(17 Mar 2015, 5:42 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Folks, do you know how either Tommy or MB134 mentioned that some drivers don't care about running late on the X21 / X22, do you think that they might not care because of the working conditions and I don't mean pay e.t.c. I mean the quality of the vehicles used and the fact that no matter how hard they try (even if saving a few minutes), it won't get them anywhere?
I have no idea whether the two can be linked? I'd be very surprised if a depot full of drivers would deliberately run late, just because they've got to drive an E400 on the X21/X22. Although it does go back to the points made last week, with the X12/X2, and notable differences between Stockton and Durham's performances.
It could also be a case that the vehicles are unsuitable for the route (which you've told us about to no end...), and that there's no legal/sensible way of making up that time lost due to vehicle performance?