(11 Sep 2023, 4:14 pm)Thomas12 wrote I'd assume not - I think the same bus/driver usually does all of the X39 runs, so unless they manage to get a spare one then I would assume none of the X39 services will be running today.
They've obviously took too much on with the ex-Arriva services. Three 1s in a row were cancelled this morning. Hopefully there is a resolution soon.
I don't think they'd have taken the work on, if they knew from day one that they'd be unable to cover it. You'd plan all this into your resource modelling.
What it doesn't account for, is what has happened since doing the modelling and forecasts for introducing those services, e.g. has there been a sudden and unusual increase in sickness, have drivers been loaned to other depots to spread the impact, and so on?
I maintain what I've said many times previous, about operators really needing to get a grip on retention, but sometimes there's factors at play that you really can't realistically foresee.