(03 Aug 2024, 7:41 pm)PH - BQA wrote I notice on social media that Go North East employees were out on one of the two open-toppers yesterday to 'say goodbye' to a member of staff (https://x.com/liamhall24/status/1819465986736902162). This obviously meant that the other board was operated by a standard B9, so yet again GNE 'management' prioritising themselves over the people who pay their salaries - the public.
Thinking back to the Great Strike of 2023, I seem to recall one of the "arguments" peddled by some on here was that the GNE drivers weren't as "productive" (did we ever get a good explanation for that?) as their Stagecoach counterparts. I wonder, as Stagecoach take yet more work from GNE in the form of the Great Park services, if the same argument can be applied to their respective commercial teams? I struggle to imagine you can have a productive afternoon swanning around on an open-topper.
I thought he retired a few years ago.
Anyhow, we do that sort of thing too but the difference is it tends to just be whichever bus is spare in the yard.