(03 Aug 2014, 9:10 pm)aureolin wrote I stand corrected, but I find it quite surprising. I would have thought that logistically it would make sense to do that? I know that we maximise working hours for our shift workers, otherwise we would need more staff to cover the same roles.
But it is not that straight forward compared to working in an office lets say. You can only drive so long before a break, then after your break you then need to find a bus that the driver can go on. There is no point finishing your break at 1010, but there is no bus until 1020, you are just extending the meal break. Some duties might only do a couple of hours driving before meal but have along second half, but might only have about 7 hours driving in total. All bus companies use scheduling software (most use either Austrics or Omnibus) which builds the duties the most efficent way possible.