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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Ok. How many bus drivers have you spoken to about this?
The industry is struggling to retain staff that are already trained due to low wages and difficult working conditions.
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Lol my neighbor is a school bus driver, I have a school bus literally parked outside my front window much of the school year. I’m well aware of the working conditions and the pay and yes there was bus drivers at the school council meeting when the bomb was dropped about several bus routes being cancelled.
The pay and working conditions always sucked. However our town could always recruit enough stay at home moms and semi retired people who could make the weird schedule work and make a little money. I’m not saying that pay and working conditions are not a contributing factor for the school bus driver storage. The straw that broke the camels back for this town was MELT training requirements. I’ve lived in the area for over 30 years and ride the bus for 12 of those. I’ve never heard of cancelled routes until this year. I’m just telling you what I’ve been told, the MELT has messed things up for lots of people.