(02 Jan 2025, 10:17 am)F114TML wrote Genuinely never knew that existed on the website.

Also B175s are the biggest waste of time I've ever seen. These people quite quickly cottoned on.

Mainly to cover your backside. Even if the B175 has been populated with "Ben Dover of 69 Philyercracken Avenue", it's enough to stop you getting a disciplinary.

Not heard anything about passenger fare irregularities being a disciplinary matter for drivers for years, however might have changed with the inspector arriving.

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(02 Jan 2025, 2:45 pm)Adrian wrote It sounds like they need more than a ticket inspector then, but more a whole gang of them? Similar to the Metro or Metrolink approach, where they randomly swarm on an unsuspecting train, and with that many of them, people don't have time to think or try and make an escape. 

I can completely understand why drivers want someone visible doing it, but I think having solo ticket inspectors is just shifting the problem; and to someone with even less protection than a driver.

I do maintain that some of this is a policing issue though, especially the fraud elements. Too often nowadays we expect frontline workers to plug the gaps of Police.

Would be good if NECA worked together with Metro and the bus companies to have one team doing the lot on everything.