(24 Jan 2025, 12:27 pm)Andreos1 wrote I'd argue that the decisions to remove certain members of the management team were long overdue.
There were some who were part of the previous clique and had been making operational choices that had been dubious at best for years. (Just look at the comments made about decisions they made in this very forum, declining passenger numbers, court tribunals etc etc.)
Whether the new clique is any better, is probably the discussion point here.
Not surprised at the old guard being pushed out to be fair and agreed with they should've been removed since the company was making a loss and they were more interested in wasting money on painting buses etc which clearly wasn't working.
But I guess it all depends on what their goal is. If it's to make a profit while getting as little investment as possible since there's no future of the company (franchising) then you can't dispute they're doing a good job since it made a profit.
If the goal is however to have high customer passenger satisfaction with growth in customer numbers then things might be a bit different.
Sadly I think it's the first point though and it's basically just managed decline until they lose it anyway so why bother investing millions. You can't really blame local management they're just doing their job in a way.
Staff at all big companies nowadays are just a number and their is no loyalty (right or wrong that's another debate).