(08 Jan 2024, 10:48 pm)Ambassador wrote You know I love to criticise the Bensham Boys but…this makes sense
The new drivers are erm… varying in skill shall we say.
If the Streetlite is your vehicle of choice and what a new driver is likely to experience, it surely makes sense to train them from Day 1 on that vehicle and build up their experience and in turn confidence up until their first day on the job as a solo driver, it means when they make the switch to a Streetdeck or whatever they do so as a more confident driver, surely that helps and creates a better employee and customer experience?
Certainly makes more sense than having them do training on ex Nat Ex coaches or whatever tat in the fleet is going free
Opposite way would make more sense surely?
Training them on an older vehicles gets them experience with the issues with an older vehicle. If you train them on new vehicles, then when they eventually get into the driver's seat and have to drive a 15 year old ex London cast off, they're aware of the technical limitations.
With that training, then getting in a modern vehicle without the issues should be a breeze. Rather than the opposite of being used to a vehicle with perfect gearing then being dumped into something which isn't etc.