We all know how beneficial branding has but it has more downsides
The depot has to make PVR every morning, he/she will have spare buses ,relating to the size of the depot fleet percentage and total depot mileage this will vary depot to depot.
A controller will allocate all branded buses to the appropriate service bearing in mind FiG will have inspections and MOTs etc etc these are call retainers ,they can be used if kept local and be near a First Site not exclusively a depot by a certain time, only if no defects have been reported that will deem bus not fit for purpose.
Branded buses WILL and CAN be used on other services by depots as lost mileage will be questioned if a service is lost ,despite a branded bus being spare due to any reason.
Branded buses will be placed on their branded service at the earliest opportunity if they have been previously displaced, mileage permitting.
Recently FiG1/FiG2 has had an extraordinary amount of branded buses appearing on non branded routes that has hee haw to do with the above this is an internal issue which cant be reported on an open forum
The depot has to make PVR every morning, he/she will have spare buses ,relating to the size of the depot fleet percentage and total depot mileage this will vary depot to depot.
A controller will allocate all branded buses to the appropriate service bearing in mind FiG will have inspections and MOTs etc etc these are call retainers ,they can be used if kept local and be near a First Site not exclusively a depot by a certain time, only if no defects have been reported that will deem bus not fit for purpose.
Branded buses WILL and CAN be used on other services by depots as lost mileage will be questioned if a service is lost ,despite a branded bus being spare due to any reason.
Branded buses will be placed on their branded service at the earliest opportunity if they have been previously displaced, mileage permitting.
Recently FiG1/FiG2 has had an extraordinary amount of branded buses appearing on non branded routes that has hee haw to do with the above this is an internal issue which cant be reported on an open forum