First Manchester

[Damien]

RE: First Manchester

(08/08/2012 22:51)P528LND Wrote:  I very much doubt that, frankly. And if it did, you definitely wouldn't find it on the 425. Drivers struggle with B7RLE's and when we first got them one driver even asked if we could switch to a Solo at the bus station and sure enough she got one.

I think the weirdest one was when a two drivers switched buses at Mumps when one had an Optare Prisma (425) and one had a B7RLE (184) and they swapped them over because the driver of the B7RLE 'Didn't have a clue what she was doing in there.' Bear in mind this was very early into the B7RLE take-over.

How on earth the above mentioned qualified as a bus driver, ok Admitedly as you say it was very early on in the B7RLE take over, seems wierd, that First wouldn't monitor drivers competence. But things like that do happen I guess.