First Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester

(05/04/2014 21:48)james Wrote:  to clarify situation at duki we are currently approx 7-10 drivers short with most duties covered inside on o/t and rest covered by om today was up the swanny with 5 drivers from other depots inc by and bn with an om driver on 67425 as his vehicle of choice

we have 63104/63118 on loan with approx 7 drivers now to be tested/ vf (vehicle familirisation)
67425 on day loan with driver
and as 37554 says
69143

with 41785 brought back from the dead on 1/4/14 (not a joke)


these are to cover the extra 419 until june/july
and we have 2 solos vor at b`burn

also now chris is back at duki

AND
just to throw a spanner in
the 10 streetlites are now earmarked to replace the b9`s as om want them back so watch this space more fun at pioneer all thanks to oldhams fantastic mgmt team (note the sarcasm) lol
also the sunday/eve 64`s poss to go back to om with the driver issues when they start to i/work the 406 in the next service changes

Very interesting, thanks for clarifying things James.

So with the exception of the two Olympians (possibly more in the near future), if the B9's are returned to Oldham Dukinfield could become virtually all single decker operated, not good for services like the 348/350 at peak.

There seems to be a lot of critissum of management at the moment. It's been suggested on another forum that painters have been poised to paint two B9's at Dukinfield into heritage liveries but that certain pen pushers have objected - presumably because their wanted back at OM so the plans are on hold.