(05 Dec 2013, 8:52 am)andreos1 wrote Every group on that list has an agenda though.

I am personally pleased to see them on there, if only to make those sitting on the other side of the fence feel uneasy (just as they did with the Stagecoach representative in the Politics Show link I put up a few weeks back).

The operators have had it too easy, for too long and if a group such as PTUG can ruffle a few feathers, then good on them.

Edit.
The link I put up was from PTEG. Not PTUG.
Either way, pleased to see organisations like these on the board.

I think it's important for such organisations to exist, yes, but I don't like them working with a severe lack of democracy. If they're really interested in standing up for users, then they need to represent the views of users. I'm not convinced at all that any of the organisations available in the North East achieve this. I'm happy for someone to prove otherwise to me though.

I honestly don't think that PTUG can ruffle a few feathers though? None of the big three operators acknowledge them. Nexus do yes, but there again, Nexus can only pass a complaint on. If I was going to support such organisation, it would only be on the basis they had the operators on board otherwise it's pointless.