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Ds1197



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29 Nov 2019, 6:24 pm #401
I think education workers and bus drivers can have the same problem miss behaving kids and both require a lot of Patience
Ds1197
29 Nov 2019, 6:24 pm #401

I think education workers and bus drivers can have the same problem miss behaving kids and both require a lot of Patience

Stanleyone

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29 Nov 2019, 6:26 pm #402
(29 Nov 2019, 6:20 pm)pbjd Drivers tend to spend around 4 weeks with their mentor, not a year??
Our new starters have a mentor for 2 weeks route learning, then they have continued support from the same mentor (if required) for the next 50 weeks.
Stanleyone
29 Nov 2019, 6:26 pm #402

(29 Nov 2019, 6:20 pm)pbjd Drivers tend to spend around 4 weeks with their mentor, not a year??
Our new starters have a mentor for 2 weeks route learning, then they have continued support from the same mentor (if required) for the next 50 weeks.

29 Nov 2019, 6:30 pm #403
(29 Nov 2019, 6:24 pm)Ds1197 I think education workers and bus drivers can have the same problem miss behaving kids and both require a lot of Patience
That's the reason I could never be a bus driver. I have no patience. I guarantee I would get sacked in the first week for shouting at passengers.

I had to get off the X21 early because of a bunch of youths shouting and being generally disruptive

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streetdeckfan
29 Nov 2019, 6:30 pm #403

(29 Nov 2019, 6:24 pm)Ds1197 I think education workers and bus drivers can have the same problem miss behaving kids and both require a lot of Patience
That's the reason I could never be a bus driver. I have no patience. I guarantee I would get sacked in the first week for shouting at passengers.

I had to get off the X21 early because of a bunch of youths shouting and being generally disruptive

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cbma06



2,669
29 Nov 2019, 7:50 pm #404
(29 Nov 2019, 6:30 pm)streetdeckfan That's the reason I could never be a bus driver. I have no patience. I guarantee I would get sacked in the first week for shouting at passengers.

I had to get off the X21 early because of a bunch of youths shouting and being generally disruptive

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Same here, l wouldn’t mind driving the bus as long as there’s no passengers


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cbma06
29 Nov 2019, 7:50 pm #404

(29 Nov 2019, 6:30 pm)streetdeckfan That's the reason I could never be a bus driver. I have no patience. I guarantee I would get sacked in the first week for shouting at passengers.

I had to get off the X21 early because of a bunch of youths shouting and being generally disruptive

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Same here, l wouldn’t mind driving the bus as long as there’s no passengers


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29 Nov 2019, 8:59 pm #405
(29 Nov 2019, 6:06 pm)streetdeckfan I work in 'market research' and 'events management'

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So an absolutely pointless, useless and non skilled job you could ever find, right?
Nowhere near as a skilled job that actually has some benefit to the wider community right say like a bus driver, right.

I think your posts on GNE and now bus drivers is bordering on obsessive. I see no reason why bus drivers should not have time off over Christmas

You should give your self a new name instead of streetdeckfan, try scrooge!
gordondack
29 Nov 2019, 8:59 pm #405

(29 Nov 2019, 6:06 pm)streetdeckfan I work in 'market research' and 'events management'

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So an absolutely pointless, useless and non skilled job you could ever find, right?
Nowhere near as a skilled job that actually has some benefit to the wider community right say like a bus driver, right.

I think your posts on GNE and now bus drivers is bordering on obsessive. I see no reason why bus drivers should not have time off over Christmas

You should give your self a new name instead of streetdeckfan, try scrooge!

29 Nov 2019, 9:32 pm #406
(29 Nov 2019, 8:59 pm)gordondack So an absolutely pointless, useless and non skilled job you could ever find, right?
Nowhere near as a skilled job that actually has some benefit to the wider community right say like a bus driver, right.

I think your posts on GNE and now bus drivers is bordering on obsessive. I see no reason why bus drivers should not have time off over Christmas

You should give your self a new name instead of streetdeckfan, try scrooge!

If I could change my name to Scrooge I would!

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streetdeckfan
29 Nov 2019, 9:32 pm #406

(29 Nov 2019, 8:59 pm)gordondack So an absolutely pointless, useless and non skilled job you could ever find, right?
Nowhere near as a skilled job that actually has some benefit to the wider community right say like a bus driver, right.

I think your posts on GNE and now bus drivers is bordering on obsessive. I see no reason why bus drivers should not have time off over Christmas

You should give your self a new name instead of streetdeckfan, try scrooge!

If I could change my name to Scrooge I would!

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Andreos1



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30 Nov 2019, 12:10 am #407
(29 Nov 2019, 5:27 pm)Michael I know a few people who have gone the PGCE way, but i'm not entirely sure what it entitles, sure it changed September this year! (like most things do!)

Post Grad Cert Ed. 
Essentially completed a degree in a subject and then followed it up with a teaching specialism. Rather than continue in the chosen subject and finish off their masters.

'Illegitimis non carborundum'
Andreos1
30 Nov 2019, 12:10 am #407

(29 Nov 2019, 5:27 pm)Michael I know a few people who have gone the PGCE way, but i'm not entirely sure what it entitles, sure it changed September this year! (like most things do!)

Post Grad Cert Ed. 
Essentially completed a degree in a subject and then followed it up with a teaching specialism. Rather than continue in the chosen subject and finish off their masters.


'Illegitimis non carborundum'

misfit



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30 Nov 2019, 10:06 am #408
I think the hardest part of a bus drivers job, compared to others, is the high level of concentration that is needed for the whole time behind the wheel. Daydreamers need not apply!
misfit
30 Nov 2019, 10:06 am #408

I think the hardest part of a bus drivers job, compared to others, is the high level of concentration that is needed for the whole time behind the wheel. Daydreamers need not apply!

L469 YVK



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30 Nov 2019, 3:18 pm #409
Don't know if anyone has noticed but the 309 is seriously starting to give the 308 some serious competition. Although a match day, loads have been very good and the service seems to be carrying more between Blyth & Cobalt towards Newcastle.
L469 YVK
30 Nov 2019, 3:18 pm #409

Don't know if anyone has noticed but the 309 is seriously starting to give the 308 some serious competition. Although a match day, loads have been very good and the service seems to be carrying more between Blyth & Cobalt towards Newcastle.

ne14ne1



1,507
30 Nov 2019, 4:29 pm #410
So, keeping the conversation on a more positive note, what will we see getting repainted next? Is it the B9s(?) for the Loop services? Do we know if they're going full corporate or having their own colours?
ne14ne1
30 Nov 2019, 4:29 pm #410

So, keeping the conversation on a more positive note, what will we see getting repainted next? Is it the B9s(?) for the Loop services? Do we know if they're going full corporate or having their own colours?

misfit



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30 Nov 2019, 5:04 pm #411
0735 this morning outside Saltmeadows was a well rubbed down impossible to identify ex Brighton DD.
misfit
30 Nov 2019, 5:04 pm #411

0735 this morning outside Saltmeadows was a well rubbed down impossible to identify ex Brighton DD.

cbma06



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30 Nov 2019, 5:06 pm #412
(30 Nov 2019, 4:29 pm)ne14ne1 So, keeping the conversation on a more positive note, what will we see getting repainted next? Is it the B9s(?) for the Loop services? Do we know if they're going full corporate or having their own colours?


WTX citarios need repainting into corporate livery


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cbma06
30 Nov 2019, 5:06 pm #412

(30 Nov 2019, 4:29 pm)ne14ne1 So, keeping the conversation on a more positive note, what will we see getting repainted next? Is it the B9s(?) for the Loop services? Do we know if they're going full corporate or having their own colours?


WTX citarios need repainting into corporate livery


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cbma06



2,669
30 Nov 2019, 5:20 pm #413
(30 Nov 2019, 4:29 pm)ne14ne1 So, keeping the conversation on a more positive note, what will we see getting repainted next? Is it the B9s(?) for the Loop services? Do we know if they're going full corporate or having their own colours?


WTX citarios need repainting into corporate livery


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cbma06
30 Nov 2019, 5:20 pm #413

(30 Nov 2019, 4:29 pm)ne14ne1 So, keeping the conversation on a more positive note, what will we see getting repainted next? Is it the B9s(?) for the Loop services? Do we know if they're going full corporate or having their own colours?


WTX citarios need repainting into corporate livery


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GNE6312



1,091
30 Nov 2019, 8:27 pm #414
Will 9069 be out tomorrow
GNE6312
30 Nov 2019, 8:27 pm #414

Will 9069 be out tomorrow

30 Nov 2019, 10:35 pm #415
(30 Nov 2019, 3:18 pm)L469 YVK Don't know if anyone has noticed but the 309 is seriously starting to give the 308 some serious competition. Although a match day, loads have been very good and the service seems to be carrying more between Blyth & Cobalt towards Newcastle.

Doesn't help when Arriva puts a MPD on the 308.

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Who needs heroes anyway? Villians have more fun.
Rapidsnap
30 Nov 2019, 10:35 pm #415

(30 Nov 2019, 3:18 pm)L469 YVK Don't know if anyone has noticed but the 309 is seriously starting to give the 308 some serious competition. Although a match day, loads have been very good and the service seems to be carrying more between Blyth & Cobalt towards Newcastle.

Doesn't help when Arriva puts a MPD on the 308.


Please feel free to visit my Flickr page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photogenic/
Who needs heroes anyway? Villians have more fun.

BusLoverMum



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30 Nov 2019, 10:56 pm #416
(29 Nov 2019, 5:21 pm)Stanleyone Some teachers have gone via the pgce route (if memory serves, Michael correct me if I’m wrong ) 1 years classroom work as opposed to the 4 years of university. Both routes lead to the same outcome, trainee bus drivers take 7 weeks training and 1 years continuous mentoring, so in theory it takes 7 weeks longer to be totally alone as a bus driver than a pgce trained teacher.
I have a PGCE. A year of university an classroom work on top of the degree I already had.
BusLoverMum
30 Nov 2019, 10:56 pm #416

(29 Nov 2019, 5:21 pm)Stanleyone Some teachers have gone via the pgce route (if memory serves, Michael correct me if I’m wrong ) 1 years classroom work as opposed to the 4 years of university. Both routes lead to the same outcome, trainee bus drivers take 7 weeks training and 1 years continuous mentoring, so in theory it takes 7 weeks longer to be totally alone as a bus driver than a pgce trained teacher.
I have a PGCE. A year of university an classroom work on top of the degree I already had.

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