In article ,
Solar Penguin wrote:
But most of those fixed costs would still be in place even if there were
no journeys at all.

Yes.

(e.g. an empty bus still needs to drive along its
route looking for passengers to pick up.) Why should customers be made
to pay for costs which aren't our fault?

Where else is the money to come from?

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Mike Bristow - really a very good driver