(01 Jun 2015, 3:51 pm)aureolin wrote As oppose to sending a single decker round with X12 plastered all over it, on anything but the X12? Because that's not going to be confusing is it? It wasn't me who branded the single decker
You'd be first to complain if your jar of Bisto contained Nescafe instead. It's an equal example of branding being applied to the wrong product.
Why brand a bus up if it's not going to be used on route, and the reason it's not, is for the examples you've described.
Let's not forget that customers on the X12 are not receiving the product that they 'technically' pay for. It wouldn't be as bad if the spare was already out and there was no more "MAX" specification vehicles available, but customers on the X12 service are being deprived of the "MAX" standard (ie Wi-Fi) based on the fact the spare is allocated elsewhere on a daily basis.
Didn't see any Lowlanders today, but that's primarily because I only saw Stockton's runs (one was 1443 but I can't remember the other).