(20 Nov 2015, 8:48 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Arriva: Lead driver or reserve sent out, driver rarely faces action, management dare to implenent intervention measures in the event of the unions jumping in and do nothing more than send out a message asking drivers to run to time.
An Ashington driver was suspended the other day for "deliberately running the service late" when he was running 35 minutes late on the X20.
The driver took over the bus 10 minutes late, the headlights were rubbish, all he could see was pitch black and the reflections from the window, an Eddie Stobart lorry was attempting to turn around causing another 15 minute delay. The depot manager then un-suspended him when they saw that he was telling the truth.
Driver rarely faces action, eh?!