(2 hours ago)Rob44 wrote Can anyone answer me this. As an operator which is better a bus carrying 5 passengers at £5 a head or a bus carrying 50 at £1 a head. seems oblivious but is it really?
As the old saying goes "an empty bus is a happy bus", so I'd say you get as close to empty as you can whilst maximising the most profit.
Doesn't necessarily make the most economic sense, but hey, at least there's a valid reason to cut back on the service carrying 5 people than there is for 50. Reducing overheads and expenditure is the current managerial practice to increase profit.