Well I recently experienced an adventure trying to come home the other day that was just amazing. There have been a bunch of rookies coming on to some of the express bus lines and some of these guys are being thrown to the wolves. I had a B/O who was basically lost who I assisted. He did one trip, got behind, then had to do another trip on another route and kept calling in to get assistance, but management was unresponsive, so by the time he finally got help and figured out where to go they were well over an hour late and remained over an hour late for just about the rest of the day since they received no guidance from command. I was just amazed at how they basically expect these guys to know all of these routes inside and out.
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recently reported that the "new breed" of B/O's if you will just can't cut it like the old timers, but we live in a different time now. Much more traffic and crazy drivers out here... My honest opinion is that these guys should get at least two weeks of training. They should be shown each route for a couple of days and be able to drive each route with a veteran B/O by their side so that they know all of the ins and outs from the start. I think it would benefit the in retaining B/O's because it seems as if it's a revolving door these days with so many guys either being fired or quitting from the stress. It's certainly understandable. I also think that the standards should be raised too. Minimum of a BA should be required.