First Manchester

[james]

RE: First Manchester

(05/07/2013 23:13)Mayneway Wrote:  

(05/07/2013 22:24)james Wrote:  

(05/07/2013 10:12)Mayneway Wrote:  I wonder if Dukinfield will do a 'meet the team' day in Ashton - there would be a stampede of angry commuters

my depot aint that bad lol any ideas pls inbox me ill tell em

Its a lot better than it was James I'll agree on that BUT drivers are still forcing passengers off outside the bus station on Wellington road, especially in the evenings and on Sundays.

And more worrying is the number of drivers using their mobiles while driving, some in service with passengers on board. In the last two weeks I've spotted 4 drivers either reading texts or texting while driving the bus, the latest today, a driver did a loop of the bus station, one hand on steering wheel, other hand holding phone with head bowed looking at it. It amazes me that a company the size of First Manchester doesn't ban drivers from using their phones in the cab at all like Stagecoach do.

oh and dump the Arrows but apart from that everythings fine.

mayneway the arrows are going im told in a few weeks but no doubt om will change that and things like phones and timekeeping and driver standards that is why im out and about as a independant investigator/data collector for first. any things i see untoward regardless of who is reported by me to the app person wether it depot mgr or if ness regional mgr as well dunno if anyone saw him he was in om at the meet and greet the other day. this is how a lot of our drivers are getting caught because im out and about at all hours (not at min tho due to fam comm)and they rarely recognise me unless im in my first viz wear. if you saw the fleet id ring the depot and ask to speak to chris inform him of the details and see if you see the driver out later in the week