(06 Jul 2021, 9:35 am)streetdeckfan wrote Because the criticism makes absolutely no sense!

The amount they have spent on repaints/vinyls is probably an order of magnitude smaller than what would be required for even an extra 1% in pay.

They'd probably have to repaint the entire fleet several times over to even come close to what they've offered.

Really?
Even when you add in the associated design costs (Stenning needs to make a living too - even if the designs are copied and pasted from elsewhere or created using the automatic livery generator), fuel/plus drivers to get to and from Blackburn, raw materials and labour costs... That's just off the top of my head. 
Sure there will be other numbers which need to be accounted for too.