(02 Sep 2017, 6:00 am)citaro5284 wrote Not really. You order a bus a months in advance and are given a rough delivery date, it is not nearer the time you are given a more robust delivery plan, but by then like the X9/X10, the service has be registered 8 weeks in advance, so you can register a service before you know the proper delivery plan of the vehicles.
Other bus companies have exactly the same issue when they order new vehicles - all cannot have bad planning.
Agreed that it's all operators.
It's the same with any industry that relies on assets being delivered. Whether that's a car dealership or a haulage firm.
Heck, if I was wanting to see a sequel to a film, I would be disappointed to pay my money having seen the launch in the media, to find out the cinema was still showing an earlier version. Only because theres an issue with delivering the film.
An operator knows they have that 8 week window, knows vinyls need applying, know that type training may need completing and knows there could be delays in delivery.
It's not rocket science to plan a bit give.