(06 Jul 2021, 2:30 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Supposing everyone held the same opinions as you about working with the public, how would you convince someone to consider driving a bus as a career option? How would you sell the bus industry to someone who might have other career prospects?

HR departments are waiting with baited breath!

I think the key word there is convince.  You'd struggle to 'convince' anyone!  I've always considered bus driving as a vocation type of job.  The industry - generally - doesn't have a very good reputation for treating staff very well and that's before you deal with the punters.  Given the responsibilities of the job, and the repercussions if it all goes horribly wrong then remuneration should be higher. 

I suppose to make it an attractive proposition, you'd have to highlight the freedom, the relative autonomy and the flexibility that shift work can bring.  Though no matter how hard you try, you're always going to struggle to sell driving around Leam Lane at night as an attractive proposition...

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(06 Jul 2021, 2:45 pm)JP6004 wrote Better than no job though

It is, but if the comparison is no job then surely as soon as something else comes up paying more money then you're average bus driver with no affinity to the industry will just jump ship.  And who can blame them?  It just exacerbates the problem.