(23 Aug 2020, 7:36 am)L469 YVK wrote It wouldn't be that much of a problem. Would mainly affect users of the 6/6A as the buses would be swapped at the MetroCentre. And the defect report would be already completed earlier in the day before the vehicle was used on either the 49's or 97.

I think you are missing the point, say I get the same bus every night from Newcastle, and then every night when the bus gets to the Metrocentre I got to get off the bus I just got on and get onto something else.  Defect reporting would have nothing to do with it, it is all about the passenger having to swap buses every night, as it would have to be scheduled into the duty boards.