I totally agree. I also like the NG's in Flatbush. Not for only balancing the fleet age for the depot, but its prime busiest lines: B41/44/46/49 ALL use the NG's and there's cameras installed movement.
I really hope 5131-5134, 5136 + 5202-5204 come back into FLA from MJQ.. That swap didnt really make sense sometime in mid july, but hey this is the MTA were dealing with..
Jus spotted 3605 signed up as the B103 this morning on Layover on Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues at around 8:20 AM. So technically the bus in question is still in Spring Creek.
PS: These bus moves get weirder and weirder.
I knew it was a matter of time before that bus was going to leave QV and back to FLA. Give this move about another week, and 5135 is off to MJQ to join 5131-5134,5136.
Something tells me that some of those 51xx buses will be making their way back to MJQ in the near future, since now FLA has now installed cameras on their fleet of NG's 42xx, 45xx and 46xx buses.
FLA gave UP 5135 & 5136 last summer + there were assaults with bus drivers on the B6 also last summer which partially resulted of those buses to move to UP. FLA got those buses back around mid to late November.
I can possibly see a similar situation of those buses being returned back to sender, however FLA recently got 8752, 8756, 9160* (or thats at ENY)