(22 Jan 2024, 6:37 pm)busmanT wrote Would Go North East drivers accept a mealbreak in Durham?
So long as adequate facilities are available to them, they'd have no legitimate cause for complaint. Their only grievance might be the feeling of being isolated from colleagues while on break, but then the canteen culture has historically been so hierarchical and increasingly unpleasant at Gateshead that I imagine some would welcome it. I wouldn't see it as being any different to the arrangement with Q3 drivers in Newcastle.
(22 Jan 2024, 6:51 pm)DeltaMan wrote Sending a driver from Riverside to Durham just to take over another driver, who then needs to travel back to Riverside doesn't sound very productive
Perhaps, in such a proposal, the driver would stay with the bus and driver reliefs would remain in situ at Gateshead.