JD wrote:
If they are better served by that same percentage would it be right to say that your local council got it right as far as a better public service goes?
No on that one
JD wrote:
If the public does not get a better service, then how is that the Cabbies in Mansfield are waiting longer for jobs now than they were before de restriction?
Because we have 45 more vehicles on the rank fighting for work.
JD wrote:
One final point, I have always acknowledged the possible financial difficulties surrounding de restriction but the hours you say this driver worked and the money he earned equates to £3.58 per hour. I was wondering if he would not be better served doing something else, or as one well known member of this forum once said "does he think the council owes him a living".
No one owes him a living but they owe him a decent standard of living, £3.58 per hour is not a decent standard of living in my eyes.
JD wrote:
So would you say the public are being better served Nigel? Less earnings in this instance equals a 62% drop in earnings. Would that suggest the public is better served by at least the same percentage?
We the drivers are on about the loss of trade since the price increase not how the public are served, the public are well served in our area, we have nearly 90 HC and 200 PH plus around 30 HC that work in Mansfield but are licensed in other districts, thats a total of 1 car per 320 persons in our area thats taking in all the HC and PH.