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David Jackman[_2_] · July 27th 16, 06:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london

d wrote in :

On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:00:41 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
On 27/07/2016 00:33, wrote:
I was on a Borisbus at the weekend, in the heatwave. The lack of
windows made for a rather unpleasant ride.

You've only just noticed?

They're not nicknamed Roastmasters for nothing.

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall in the design meeting and hear
the rational for not including them when they knew they weren't
putting in proper air con to compensate. How an old and well respected
bus manufacturer can make such a blunder beggars belief.

--
Spud

Especially as the exact same mistake was made with FRM1 in 1966:

http://www.routemaster.org.uk/pages/history-1-FRM

David