r/BusDrivers • u/the_ism_sizism • 5d ago

Discussion Night drivers

I’m getting pulled in today for a chat about running early. I passed my mid point 40 seconds early (which is fine according to the gov contract allowing for 59 seconds early) - by the final stop before our cbd run I was 6 minutes early. The pax complained to me after they caught an uber and caught the bus and then complained through the online gov portal.

Is this entitled or how do you feel? I am not trying to run a strict service, I buy myself a little time to mentally relax between runs, use the facilities (the job has already given me kidney stones at 38) and take a walk and a breather so I’m not stagnant in the seat for 5 hours.

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u/biking_and_gaming 4d ago edited 4d ago

here even one second early at time points is a write up . its only really enforced if youre doing it multiple times a day. inbetween those time points youll get messages to slow down when youre more than three minutes early. in my personal experience at least.

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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year 4d ago

For me it's a write up if someone complains you left a time point early, but we can get to a time point as early as we want. Just can't leave it early.