Demanding an explanation. They must be shaking in their boots. They make 100 excuses a day, I'm sure they can think of something.
"We have no idea what we're doing" will not be one of them
A government ‘hit squad’ was sent in to struggling Southern Rail today to tackle the chaos suffered by passengers.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling put one of the most experienced figures in the rail industry in charge of a team of experts to investigate delays and cancellations.
It will...
Simplified example:
Southern need 100 full-time drivers to run a normal service.
Southern employ 80 full-time drivers and rely on them doing voluntary overtime to run.
Southern treat drivers like dirt, drivers chose not to do voluntary overtime.
Not enough drivers to run trains, Southern run a...
The government are paying Southern a fixed fee to hold the franchise, irregardless of performance. The government (and specifically department for transportation) are behind this.