Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

[126th street]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(13/02/2014 20:27)R879 HRF Wrote:  Not at all, if a vehicle is complained about or 'signed off' by drivers constantly for issues such as no/poor heating, so slow it becomes dangerous etc, it will be 'blacklisted' by the union meaning they will not use the vehicle until the outstanding issue(s) are solved.

If a bus is so slow it would make pulling out at roundabouts or in heavy traffic very difficult and infact dangerous, then understandably it can be blacklisted.

This is extremely common at any depot at any company with union representatives.

Believe me, it's not.

Drivers do what they are told. If they don't without good reason, they find themselves in trouble, and big operators who pay more and have a waiting list aren't afraid to hammer them with full force of the disciplinary process as and when necessary.

No heating is one thing and a legitimate reason for not driving something, it being slower than you might like isn't. It's only 'dangerously' slow if the driver is so incompetent that he or she is unable to adjust to a vehicle's limitations, and that would call into question their suitability to do job in the first place.