Ah no, that was a known bully that fucked up; got the tin tack; appealed and is working not as a supervisor but as a driver! 
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Result! 
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Nationwide, innit…
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A damn fine achievement
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Cheers Paul, and thanks to all Meatmen for listening to my gripes and complaints over the last few years. This has been a massive help!
I shall take time out of this campaigning thing for a while. Time needed to make repairs and prepare for the future!
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Mad that you have had to fight so hard to basically not be tortured at work.
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The tiger has roared.
Chapeau 
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Our Rotas change soon. No more split rest days. I’ll have a semblance of a social life now for the first time in two and a half years.
I am a member of a Bus Safety Campaigning group and told them that this practice was banned by the Met Police for fatigue reasons.
They did some digging and from what I can gather, TfL issued an edict that the practice shall cease ASAP.
Quite the change from the previous position where the operator appeared to suggest that it couldn’t change this practice as it would harm the business…
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…and while your battle to try and get bus drivers treated like human beings is going-on, another committee in the same organisation has been meeting to discuss why recruitment and retention is such a big problem… I guarantee it.
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This fucker has an interesting* family lineage:
In the late 1970’s it became clear that the Bristol VRT, Daimler Fleetline and Leyland Atlantean- all pretty much under the British Leyland umbrella needed to be replaced.
The Leyland Olympian was the result. It used the best design choices from the above mentioned chassis. And also bits from the Leyland B15 Titan.
The modular Underframe featured bolted construction and was to a Perimeter design. This allowed the fitment of outboard air bellows and dampers for the suspension. Stability and torsional rigidity, innit. David Burnicle was the main designer.
Interestingly the engine and box of gears was partially suspended from this frame as it swept up above the engine bay. Something to do with managing stress and NVH.
Olympian’s modular construction allowed for a number of different lengths. Up to 12 metres (on three axles!) This made it a very successful product.
It was launched in 1981 and the last Leyland Olympians were assembled at Workington in 1993.
Volvo Bus Corporation bought Leyland Bus in 1988, and they refreshed Olympian to take Volvo Hubs; Brakes and Engines to become the Volvo Olympian from 1994.
This ceased production in 2000 but remember that modular construction?
The arse end module from the Leyland and Volvo Olympians was mated to.the front end of a Volvo B10L to form the Volvo Super Olympian.
In a strange way, the Leyland Titan and Olympian design elements were reunited with Super Olympian because at that point, Volvo used an Independent Front Suspension design based on that of the B15 Titan!
I’ve looked and they’re very obviously related!
In summary a video of a bus from 2006 which contains bits from the 'seventies, 'eighties and noughties!
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Remember seeing loads of these sort of chassis being driven up the M3 when I lived in Winchester ~30 years ago - presumably up from Southampton docks and off to a coachbuilder.
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Hmm… possibly Volvo Olympian Underframes off to Hong Kong? I saw this on the way to school at about that time!
This type of Underframe cannot be driven on the roads. The yellow transportation frame allows it to be shunted for short distances.
Bare chassis used to be delivered on the road.
Fuck that in the winter! 
Used to see the delivery drivers kitted out in m/cycle Barbour suits and goggles. Sometimes a plywood “cab”.
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Yep, that’s what I was seeing - basically biggles on a bare-arse coach or bus chassis. Assumed it was normal practice.
Stu - I couldn’t begin to tell you what they were - but as bare-bones as the one in your pic.
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Hmmm… could it be an ex Bournemouth Brush bodied AEC Regent?
That’s just a guess by the way. I’ll find out and get back to you. 
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I was just thinking that exact same thing
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Deffo ex-Bournemouth Corp. 
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I completely fucking fucked up! Intel has confirmed it is in fact a Weymann bodied Leyland Titan!
No info as to former operator so maybe that bit was correct! 
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