Ageing drivers and driver shortage

Beetlejuice:

waddy640:
Why does an operator put " Must have Driven Class 1 within the last 6 months" in their advert? You don’t forget how to drive them, I passed my test in 1979 and didn’t drive another one until 1996 but I remembered how to drive the thing.

Unfortunately it is the parasite agencies that use this usually followed by “for insurance purposes” pure waffle .

This is in the requirements of a well known South Wales operator.