It was 'wing and a prayer' stuff at least six weeks ago, and four weeks ago with only a little foresight you could see it was going to be a bumpy start at the very least. Three weeks ago, no foresight required at all, so long as you removed the rose-tinted specs. It might have been too late then to ask FK to continue their winter timetable, but TfC could, and should imo, have announced they were 'pulling' the new operation for the time being and using GCB to supplement or replace the existing FK timetable where necessary. The public would have been quite understanding, certainly within a few days, as ordinary life started to unravel. But then we have to make allowances for politicians' egos, loss of face etc, and the inescapable fact that some of them are ill-equipped for the job, as we're seeing at a national level. At least Hancock et al have to face the music whereas here...?
Yes, not what we all hoped for that's for sure.