On 18.10.16 15:21, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:58:11 +0100, Walter Briscoe
wrote:

In message of Fri, 30 Sep
2016 16:34:43 in uk.transport.london, Paul Corfield

Even though we are nearing the end of NB4L production (hooray) the
wretched things are to be inflicted on two routes, 48 and 76, that I
do use from Central London if I don't fancy a train or a tube ride. So
that's two more bus routes that I can't use come next year.


Where do you find the plans to change 48 and 76 to NB4L?

I participate in forums where the tender results are announced almost
as soon as the info is released inside TfL. I also usually get to see
the official award notice. That's how I know about things like
vehicle type conversions. With the 48 and 76 the operators are also
changing with Arriva taking on the 48 from Ash Grove and London
General the 76 from Northumberland Park. Bang goes decades of
accumulated operating experience with the existing operators but hey
that's the tendering system for you.

Sounds like my friend at one office where he worked.

There were several people there who were quite professional, experienced
and put out a very good product. Then, for whatever reason, management
chased out all the managers and put someone in who had no experience in
the field. That individual was not properly qualified, blindly followed
upper management's orders and pushed out all the experienced people in
favour of 20-somethings.

Needless to say, the quality of that company's product sharply declined.
This also meant that earlier buyers were going elsewhere for the
product. Upper management refused to believe that they were the reason
why this happened, and instead either blamed everybody else or simply
employed doublethink when the numbers were staring right in their face.