(22 Apr 2024, 7:35 am)mb134 wrote It's getting worse.

First X22 cancelled this morning. First X21 from Newbiggin cancelled.

0617, 0747, 0817 35s to Morpeth all cancelled.

0537, 0639, 0754 X22s to Newcastle all cancelled.

0531, 0641, 0746 X21s to Newcastle all cancelled.

...and it's not even 9am yet.

Baffling that Arriva are not trying to entice existing licence holders with the top rate on start of employment like GNE and SC. They are getting no one for £12 and a few coppers per hour bar learner drivers, who know no better about the ups (few) and downs (many) of the job and invariably leave long before the two year service time to qualify for the top rate.