(19 Jun 2022, 7:08 pm)Adrian wrote Why does it always have to be comparative to not being as bad (or worse) than X? For a Sunday service, the provision on some routes today has been nothing short of a shambles.I agree, however from CLS, the list hasn't been accurate at all, its okay to miss a few by accident but for 6 out of 14 21's not being in service is a joke especially when people who have tried to plan around services, only to find out that service is also cancelled.
Like I wrote yesterday, this has been going on now for 8+ months and it's continuing to cause the public a massive inconvenience. Whilst I think at the start, there'll have been a degree of sympathy for COVID related absence, the situation has gone on that long that sympathy has turned into frustration, with seemingly no end in sight.
We know that other bus operators, railways and airlines are impacted, but what are they doing about it? What are they doing to not only attract people to come and work for them, but the retain the staff that they're recruiting?
We can talk about lists vs no lists, but the reality is the same and the customers still suffer. The bigger worry now is that this is very much in danger of becoming the norm, and that doesn't stand in good steed for the future of public transport.
Same with me with COVID I had sympathy, but I thought atleast GNE were trying to combat this, when I saw 4 8's in 5 hours (wheI n they are every hour) where cancelled from Park Lane and I mean...there was people waiting for 3 hours for an 8. It is 100% a staffing issue, so many are leaving, not enough joining, however why would they..the pay is quite bad no matter how much GNE can say earn upto 36K with overtime how much overtime, will the overtime be there.
I wonder if GNE has anything with the JobCentre, for people who own cars who might want to become bus drivers.