Northumbria Minibus Rota
Northumbria Minibus Rota
Not sure where to post this so I'll make a new thread but something that's had me curious. If you're set on a board which is meant to be a minibus but instead it's ran by a full size bus, do you get the minibus wage as it's what it's rota'd for or do you get the full wage for that shift?
If so it's not exactly in the driver's best interest for the Solo's, which they don't like to drive anyway, to actually be on the road. I'm not suggesting they do it, but to break a bus and get a reward seems rather counter productive.
(02 Aug 2023, 10:52 pm)Storx Not sure where to post this so I'll make a new thread but something that's had me curious. If you're set on a board which is meant to be a minibus but instead it's ran by a full size bus, do you get the minibus wage as it's what it's rota'd for or do you get the full wage for that shift?
If so it's not exactly in the driver's best interest for the Solo's, which they don't like to drive anyway, to actually be on the road. I'm not suggesting they do it, but to break a bus and get a reward seems rather counter productive.
(02 Aug 2023, 10:52 pm)Storx Not sure where to post this so I'll make a new thread but something that's had me curious. If you're set on a board which is meant to be a minibus but instead it's ran by a full size bus, do you get the minibus wage as it's what it's rota'd for or do you get the full wage for that shift?
If so it's not exactly in the driver's best interest for the Solo's, which they don't like to drive anyway, to actually be on the road. I'm not suggesting they do it, but to break a bus and get a reward seems rather counter productive.
(02 Aug 2023, 10:52 pm)Storx Not sure where to post this so I'll make a new thread but something that's had me curious. If you're set on a board which is meant to be a minibus but instead it's ran by a full size bus, do you get the minibus wage as it's what it's rota'd for or do you get the full wage for that shift?
If so it's not exactly in the driver's best interest for the Solo's, which they don't like to drive anyway, to actually be on the road. I'm not suggesting they do it, but to break a bus and get a reward seems rather counter productive.
(02 Aug 2023, 10:52 pm)Storx Not sure where to post this so I'll make a new thread but something that's had me curious. If you're set on a board which is meant to be a minibus but instead it's ran by a full size bus, do you get the minibus wage as it's what it's rota'd for or do you get the full wage for that shift?
If so it's not exactly in the driver's best interest for the Solo's, which they don't like to drive anyway, to actually be on the road. I'm not suggesting they do it, but to break a bus and get a reward seems rather counter productive.
Midibus driver driving a midibus = Midibus rate
Midibus driver driving a conventional bus = Conventional rate
Conventional driver driving a midibus = Conventional rate
That is how it works. No such arrangement south of the Tyne, as all of those depots are on a standard pay scale based on length of service.
Thanks answered my question was curious how it worked.
One last question as I'm also curious what's the break point for midibus / conventional.
For example hypothetically could they get a bunch of 10.8m Enviro 200 MMC's and downgrade the rotas for all new starters to save money. I believe the capacity difference is only 6 people anyway 40 vs 46.
(10.8m being the longest length for a SB120 which is definitely a midibus on paper at least).
(03 Aug 2023, 11:59 am)Storx Thanks answered my question was curious how it worked.
One last question as I'm also curious what's the break point for midibus / conventional.
For example hypothetically could they get a bunch of 10.8m Enviro 200 MMC's and downgrade the rotas for all new starters to save money. I believe the capacity difference is only 6 people anyway 40 vs 46.
(10.8m being the longest length for a SB120 which is definitely a midibus on paper at least).
(03 Aug 2023, 11:59 am)Storx Thanks answered my question was curious how it worked.
One last question as I'm also curious what's the break point for midibus / conventional.
For example hypothetically could they get a bunch of 10.8m Enviro 200 MMC's and downgrade the rotas for all new starters to save money. I believe the capacity difference is only 6 people anyway 40 vs 46.
(10.8m being the longest length for a SB120 which is definitely a midibus on paper at least).
When MetroRider 937 (L700BUS) came to Ashington, that caused some issues due to it having 32 seats instead of the normal 31, it had a single side seat at the front in place of the luggage rack.
The single side seat can be seen in this photo with the light reflecting off the metal handrail at the top of it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/6427452667
(04 Aug 2023, 11:11 pm)Rapidsnap When MetroRider 937 (L700BUS) came to Ashington, that caused some issues due to it having 32 seats instead of the normal 31, it had a single side seat at the front in place of the luggage rack.
The single side seat can be seen in this photo with the light reflecting off the metal handrail at the top of it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/6427452667
(04 Aug 2023, 11:11 pm)Rapidsnap When MetroRider 937 (L700BUS) came to Ashington, that caused some issues due to it having 32 seats instead of the normal 31, it had a single side seat at the front in place of the luggage rack.
The single side seat can be seen in this photo with the light reflecting off the metal handrail at the top of it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/6427452667
Was no room for them to put a double seat facing forward, the luggage pen in this location was very narrow.
(05 Aug 2023, 4:19 pm)Rapidsnap Was no room for them to put a double seat facing forward, the luggage pen in this location was very narrow.
(05 Aug 2023, 4:19 pm)Rapidsnap Was no room for them to put a double seat facing forward, the luggage pen in this location was very narrow.