Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
No wonder Management treats us like bus drivers!*?
Bus drivers, truck drivers, pilots ... we have more in common than you might realize. We would do well to ACT like bus drivers sometimes.
Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
They work long days and have to arrive on schedule.
In some ways, their Hours of Service regulations are better than our duty limitations and rest requirements. The bus driver is limited to 10 hours of driving and 15 hours of duty after 8 hours off duty. (The truck driver is limited to 11 hours of driving and 14 hours of duty after 10 hours off duty.) If there are unexpected delays encountered throughout the day, neither is "legal to start, legal to finish." When the limits are reached, no more driving. Period.
They are also limited to 60 hours on duty in 7 days and 70 hours on duty in 8 days. Their "1 in 7" or "1 in 10" is 34 or more hours off duty including two periods from 1 AM to 5 AM home terminal time, and that "reset" feature can only be used once a week.
We could learn a lot about collective bargaining from them.
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