(10 Apr 2025, 6:53 pm)F114TML wrote They're not willing or able to take the hit with the NI increase, basically. It fell to either the drivers feel it with reduced or non-existent pay rises this year, or passengers feel it with higher fares.
You choose.
The irony being, that passenger numbers may be affected by the increase in ticket costs, routes get cancelled, fleets get smaller and ultimately, staff get made redundant or not replaced due to natural attrition.