(04 Mar 2014, 10:28 pm)Robert wrote I have only ever known the 3 categories that driver shifts are in:
Early: Early in the day (first runs to about 9:00 clock on)
Middle: Round about the middle of the day (10:00 till about 14:00)
Late: Later on, tend to do the last journeys of the operational day (15:00 till late)
I do personally think that 7:30 until 17:50 is a bit too long. Especially with only around 40 minute breaks in between each run due to law.
Bus driver shifts are split into 5 catagories:
Early
Middle
Backshift
Split: Does first half, then has a break of 2 hours or more, then second half normally shift starts/finishes at the depot
Long: Normally drivers who do 10 hour shifts 4/5 days a week, normally can do the full 5.5 hours first half then the full 4.5 hours second half, or the 10 hours split into 3