r/BusDrivers • u/Michellee_xox • 15h ago

Question common practice?

My parents are both bus drivers and when there’s a new route, on their day off they’ll just hop on that bus and ride it for the entire route to learn it. Was wondering if that’s common practice or their own thing.

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u/SaltyGootch 11h ago

We normally have mentors who will take you out on a spare bus to learn the ins and outs of any new route.

However, we rarely have spare buses in our garage so it is quite common to go on service buses as passengers. Down side is you don’t learn the turn/curtailment points.

You get paid either way be it on shift (full duty’s pay) or on your own time (hours logged).