Re: National Express behind the times...

["Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>]

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In article <397cee69.595535@news.one.net.au>, morphett@one.net.au (Morphett)
wrote:


>Yarra Trams bet Swanston to the post with their refurbished trams a
>couple of months ago, and now Hillside has beaten Bayside to release
>their new train scheme.
>
>It seems National Express (who own Bayside & Swanston) don't like
>leading the way, and are instead happy to follow what others are
>doing.
>

To be fair, Bayside is taking on new drivers to solve the shortage of
qualified drivers, something all operators are struggling with. All that
ever usually happens when jobs are advertised is deck shuffling of qualified
drivers between companies with no new staff.
Bayside has taken on 8 new off the street trainees and a number of
'retreads' drivers coming back after an extended absence who get a shorter
retraining


Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne