Finglands

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RE: Finglands

(31/12/2013 13:56)Polo Mint Wrote:  It was different, because local authorities/councils ran the services. The money could be used to cross-subsidise services instead of tenders, and any money made could be invested back into the company instead of instead of lining peoples pockets in Perth or Aberdeen.

History lesson: National Bus Company was nothing to do with local authorities or councils. It was largely a collection of independent, privately-owned bus companies that were purchased by the Government during the late '60s.

One benefit of privately-owned companies running buses is that they aren't tied to the outdated and vastly over-generous terms and conditions for staff that the publicly-owned bus operations were. It is exactly this issue which caused all the bother at Warrington last year, and had the union there not observed goings-on in Grangemouth at around the same time would undoubtedly still be doing so.

If such Ts&Cs were still in widespread use in the industry you would see a great deal fewer buses on the road than is the case.