(21 Sep 2021, 5:21 am)Dan wrote It’s entirely to do with sickness absence - Go North East aren’t actually that short of drivers on paper, but high sickness levels are resulting in the current disruption.

The reasons for that sickness is what you could argue may be driven by some staff needlessly being off sick, but that’s by no means everyone.


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Well that's certainly no the case at my depot, although I work for Arriva. About 120 drivers in total of which about 10 are currently classed as "sick", which is maybe 2 or 3 above average.

Since everything opened up again we are losing around 2 drivers a week, mainly younger ones. We have a couple of new starters this week who have previously been sacked by the company in the past.