THarris123
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You asked "I'm really beginning to lose faith in First and they are forgetting about who are most vital to them in comparison to Webberbus - commuters and the young and their drivers." and "I'm sure to get a bit of backlash on this, but it is not a viable solution to do what First are doing in May to combat Webbers."
Or what about
"Well why do I hate Webberbus?
1. Their stupid non structures fare system
2. Their way in which they run most of their services to mirror the BoS services
3. Their ability to be able to afford new buses
4. Some financial stability - caused by their school contracts and private work which helps fund everything
5. Their drivers
6. Probably the most significant factor - how they operate their services only near enough 9-17, without considering commuters or the young"
Points 3 and 4 make for interesting reading in hindsight
Back onto the actual topic. The fact that they'll have fully depreciated fleet means that they can afford to stand them up during the uni holidays, branded or otherwise. Given JFs background, he thinks branding makes sense. Not so easy with brand new fleet - that's why they've put old fleet on there. It's why they did it with the U1 spares
I'd expect the U2 to be 66992/3 plus another B7RLE
Again, show me a post where I said that Webberbus were right - you're quote above shows that I hated Webberbus and I didn't think First had the right approach to dealing with them. I still believe in that - they went bust due to many other reasons, other than First competing against them. The point about their financial stability was partially correct - they had enough income coming in from private work, but just no ability to manage their public services.
Why are they investing in 8 new vehicles for Bath University then if they are concerned about the age of the vehicle being used in holiday periods?