Heating on buses

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RE: Heating on buses

(13/12/2015 19:22)Mayneway Wrote:  There are two problems with your comments.
Firstly when do engineeres turn it on? If you have a cold frosty night in October then a 3/4 week mild spell one thing engineering staff won't want to do is be constantly be turning heating on and off lol.

The other issue is from what I've been told that where stagecoach are concerned anyway, the engineeres only normally turn heating on/off while the bus is off the road for it's 3/4 week inspection so like this weekend, we've hit a very cold spell, they won't run round turning every buses heating on - its a gradule thing.

I think it was Brighton and hove who had some new buses delivered with automatic saloon heating/cooling that was constantly blowing warm air out during summer. Engineers claimed it was because passengers unsisted on having the windows open which confused the thermostats so they locked the windows closed - in the middle of summer lol

Then don't give the job to a qualified engineer but an apprentice. Its much cheaper than somebody on full pay and if they don't do it, then what the operator is say is they aren't committed in all weathers.