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Originally Posted by RabidRat
What happens if you get sleepy? What do you do if the droopy eyes are getting really dire?
Can you take the bus home for the night, so long as it's gassed up and ready on the route the next morning?
What decides who gets to drive a nicer newer buses, vs an older one for the day? Can I assume that if I see a driver in a newer bus, then they're probably one of the higher ups?
Is there some kind of tiered bonus, based on how accurately you time your stops?
Is there special training for the accordion buses?
Is there special training for the ones with electrical pole thingies?
...Do you guys talk about us passengers, in the staff room?
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If you are on the road and feeling unfit to operate a bus, you need to call control to inform them of the situation. They will most likely to ask you to park and secure the bus wherever you are on route. From then on you either transit home or a supervisor will pick you up depending on the severity of your wellness
No you cannot take the bus home as it is company property
The decision on new vs old bus is dependant on dispatch from the mechanic side of things. Bus operators don't get to decide on that. For example, if you do the same route for the early morning shift, buses are assigned based on what's parked first in the track. Sometimes you get a new bus, sometimes you get an old bus.
No bonuses on timed stops, you are paid to drive safely from point a and point b, and if you are delayed from driving your regular route due to traffic or passenger load, it's paid by the minute at 1.5x
In training you are trained to drive the regular 40 foot diesel, 40 foot trolley, and 60 foot trolley. Once you graduate you have the basic jist on the various equipments. But once you venture out to different garages, some may have different equipment such as compressed natural gas buses or double decker buses which you will get additional training