(25 Mar 2024, 2:24 pm)mb134 wrote It's ultimately down to those at the top deciding to not pay the going rate for drivers. Bidding for all the extra work at the detriment to the current network is negligence. If you look into who is running the show operationally there now (a quick Google of "Head of Service delivery Arriva North East" should do the trick), they've got no real credentials to suggest they'd be capable of running a bus company and certainly what we're currently seeing backs that up.

Aye totally agreed mind. Must admit I've lost track of who runs what with Arriva now but if it's who I think you mean (Josh Rochford) he certainly has ran some places which I'd argue are a failure. 

Seems like another who should be getting demoted has been promoted for reasons unknown. Nothing new though really. 

It'll be interesting to see how iSquared deal with it as they aren't half inheriting a mess or even worse whether they're part of these decisions as there's not much going around to say they're experts at transport either.