(07 Apr 2021, 7:58 pm)Cobalt271 wrote I would be careful about what you say it's very slanderous. I'm a Driver with Arriva & can assure you there's no "bodge jobs" where safety is concerned!

Possibly, though it's been noted by a few members on here that there are certain vehicles which break down/are taken out of service with alarming regularity. As an example, 7530 in March. 

I don't think I was suggesting safety would be impacted, but if buses are taken off/break down as often as some do, it suggests that they aren't being 'properly' repaired.

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(07 Apr 2021, 8:20 pm)Storx wrote Also whoever mentioned Ashington being short Cobalt I believe, there'd be cancellations today if it was next week as 1580 has been on the 57 all afternoon with nothing seemingly to replace it.

That shouldn't be the case though. At the last service reduction, Ashington's PVR dropped by 5 iirc. Essentially the Volvo B7s and one Scania should have been reserve vehicles. They lost no vehicles. 

Now, their PVR is increasing by 1 (still 4 lower than what it was in January), yet are still struggling with vehicles? Something isn't right, clearly.