MRChiCity Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 This video is cool, especially the Flxible buses. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 I figured it was pretty old, and the source says 1993. Also, it was obvious that Che Che doesn't work the south side, even before she said this was Forest Glen. I was wondering about the bus with the blue stripe, but it must have been one of the 9000s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Yes looking at how she had paper transfers instead of the transfer cards and the buses shown were Flx's of the 5300 series and Fishbowls with Che Che identifying her garage as FG, I too figured that this was about the earlier part of the 1990s before catching Busjack's post having verified that this was from 1993. I do like how she showed a little bit of how she gets her bus and run as well as explained what a split run was (I forgot that they had those as far back as 25 years ago at least LOL!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, jajuan said: I do like how she showed a little bit of how she gets her bus and run as well as explained what a split run was She talks about asking the dispatcher for the run, but wasn't that established by the pick? Also, would someone with 15 years seniority complain about getting a split run? Maybe a driver can explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Busjack said: She talks about asking the dispatcher for the run, but wasn't that established by the pick? Also, would someone with 15 years seniority complain about getting a split run? Maybe a driver can explain. I believe that a driver would still need to ask the dispatcher for her paperwork and assigned bus even if he or she has an assigned run. Nowadays there aren't any transfers, but there are probably still pre trip inspection forms. As far as her seniority, some drivers may pick them to get weekends off and get split differential pay. Or the more likely scenario is that FG is full of senior drivers and this lady who could possibly get a better shift at 77th chooses a less desirable shift to stay at FG, possibly closer to her home and much safer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRChiCity Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 2 hours ago, artthouwill said: I believe that a driver would still need to ask the dispatcher for her paperwork and assigned bus even if he or she has an assigned run. Nowadays there aren't any transfers, but there are probably still pre trip inspection forms. As far as her seniority, some drivers may pick them to get weekends off and get split differential pay. Or the more likely scenario is that FG is full of senior drivers and this lady who could possibly get a better shift at 77th chooses a less desirable shift to stay at FG, possibly closer to her home and much safer. Or she could also be on the extra board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 hour ago, MRChiCity said: Or she could also be on the extra board? With 15 years seniority, that would need an explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 13 hours ago, MRChiCity said: Or she could also be on the extra board? Unless that pick has weekends off, I don't see a senior driver picking an extra board pick. Extra boards are usually non picks, I e vacation and fill ins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 20 hours ago, jajuan said: Yes looking at how she had paper transfers instead of the transfer cards and the buses shown were Flx's of the 5300 series and Fishbowls with Che Che identifying her garage as FG, I too figured that this was about the earlier part of the 1990s Among other noticeable anachronisms: Ad for "Illinois Bell is now Ameritech." Ad for Certi-Saver Stores. Apparently caught in the Central Grocers bankruptcy. Radio phone above the driver's window. Still in service is the GFI farebox, although, as @jajuan implies, here without any card reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Actually quite a few senior drivers pick extra board. Can make lots of money that way. If you pick runs, you basically have set pay every week. XB can be LOTS of hours. Also, there have ALWAYS been split runs, all the way back to horsecars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRChiCity Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 And the music is so 90's, how she feels like people hate bus drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 6 hours ago, MRChiCity said: And the music is so 90's, how she feels like people hate bus drivers? 25 years later, a split run would have been the least of her worries if she were still driving, except that she indicated thaf she would have been retired for 15 years. I could bring up, by comparison, yesterday's Greyhound incident, but on further reflection, I won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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