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All the management at tramlink are previous First group bus managers, none from the rail division.
When The Sun newspaper released the video of the driver asleep, the driver was subsequently dismissed. However the management did nothing about the underlying issue, namely the TBC and the dsd...
Tram drivers can and often do work 12 days in a row. This is with overtime and the 'legal' maximum. This comprises as follows:
S - rest
M - W (work)
T - W
W - W
T - WORK REST DAY
F - W
S - W
S - W
M - W
T - W
W - W
T - W
F - WORK REST DAY
S - Rest
Now, one can argue that the driver should not...
On the stadler, they don't have blinds to close.
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You are 100% spot on.
The systems and rota pattern are unchanged for 16 years!!
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Quite a few.
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