(07 Feb 2025, 10:21 am)Adrian wrote They need to be watertight, but like you, I've very little confidence in that being the case. There needs to be a proper penalty/service credits system in place, otherwise this risks becoming a cash-cow for organisations led by people like NF, who don't give a stuff about getting passengers from A to B.
Absolutely.
Quickly going back to Quality Contacts again, I can't believe how shortsighted and naive both sides were on the issue.
Instead of clutching their pearls and making gesticulations like they've just been made eat shit, the likes of Kevin Carr, the twins, Tom and Tim Dodds, and the Stagecoach fella (Phil Something or other, I think), should have really grabbed the opportunity of making guaranteed, eezypeazy, cash for running services at little to no risk.
And, as for those, in favour of the scheme, they should have anticipated how it might be abused by unscrupulous operators, looking to make a fast buck for their shareholders.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, I guess.