(10 Dec 2022, 9:38 pm)omnicity4659 wrote some apprentices may choose to assume other responsibilities, or some may work to rule.I agree, but they're apprentices for a reason.
apprenticeships last several years and include people with a broad range of experience, by the way - you've probably been on buses that have been serviced and overhauled by an apprentice. i assume those who started 'a few weeks ago' won't be doing safety critical maintenance.
i don't believe it is run by a bus v engineer ratio at GNE, due to the existing staffing issues.
Looking at a previous press-release off their website, they're 4 years long, and in 2021 they recruited 19 from what I can find.