[WillowTheWhisp]

I believe that Pilkington's had more than one warning but hadn't improved the standard of their buses.

Yes the drivers who drove the Fern Gore buses were great, very helpful, polite considerate etc. The Lancashire United drivers who now do the Fern Gore route are just as polite friendly and helpful because they are mostly the same drivers.

We have an ex-Pilky bus driver as a member here and he would be able to tell you more about the company from the insides.

If Pilkington's ever did get a licence again they would have to take on a whole new fleet of drivers because the others now all have jobs elsewhere.

Some of the reasons Pilky's were taken off the road may well have been trivial but safty is important and the ministry don't revoke licences for fun, they do it for the benefit of the passengers. If a bus had been inspected, was dangerous but was still permitted on the road and someone died as a result we would have more cause for complaint. I'd personally rather pay a few extra pence in bus fare than risk an injury or death. They weren't earth-shatteringly cheaper anyway.

My husband is a coach/bus driver and so I see things from the other side too.