Emergency door controls will work if a vehicle is isolated. Vehicles are isolated when parked overnight (and tend to loose air pressure also). Door controls in the cab are electrical and need the master switch (and sometimes ignition dependent on vehicle type) to be on. If emergency door controls don't work then this is a PG9 defect. Emergency door controls and in cab door controls are 2 seperate defects on the defect card.

I've not commented on this so far as I feel there are far more issues rather than a driver simply walking away. What I would say is the lack of support from those higher up (for whatever reason) and sometimes a total lack of duty of care towards drivers from some management is shocking. It definitely doesn't show bus driving as a good career or GNE as a good employer in my opinion (based on the quote).

As for the comment about the driver being arrested, the only thing that technically could have occured would be the driver taking his cash and not cashing in (this would/could be theft). However, if the company were to pursue that (and not allowing the driver to hand the cash in) it shows poor decision making from those involved.