(07 Jul 2021, 4:42 am)Dan wrote Just for transparency and balance, Arriva’s pay ballot results were on 1 July and 81% of their drivers rejected the 1.5% pay deal offer. 87% have said they’d be willing to strike over this.

Stagecoach have also rejected their pay offer of a 1% pay rise (although they had a 2% payrise last year as part of a two-year deal, so is actually 3% between the two years).

So unfortunately Arriva’s 10 year old bus mightn’t turn up either.

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Just out of curiosity, if you're able to share the info, how long does it take a GNE driver to reach top rate?  I did read a comment somewhere else that suggested a year 4 GNE driver was still on less than £10 per hour.  Over £1 an hour less than a year 2 stagecoach driver.  I found that pretty eye opening tbh.