Called in to take one way open Express run to El Paso Texas.
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Made it into Abilene Texas. Roads were fine. Lots of challenges though. Through schedule was over three hours late getting in. Had to sift through passengers as they were loading, could not take anyone going through Shreveport, Texarkana, or up to Oklahoma City or Tulsa Oklahoma. Loads of angry passengers, […]
Waiting at garage in El Paso Texas. Inbound bus is three hours late.
Called in to take a double from El Paso Texas to Abilene Texas.
Made it to El Paso Texas. Gone to hotel to get fresh. All the other drivers are notified or scheduled for a call. Could be going any direction in the morning! Rough trip… A/C quit in Pecos Texas. 85 degrees out. Did battery disconnect, to no avail, had to pop […]
A regular run is a "first" section. That is assigned to a regular driver (a driver that pulls the run every day in rotation with other regular drivers). When the passenger load is heavy enough to require additional equipment, an extra section is built (a double – section 2, a triple […]
Called in to take a double from Abilene Texas to El Paso Texas.
The union contract requires Greyhound to give you nine hours from the time you sign in from an assignment until the time you are called with a new assignment. During that nine hour period you are "getting fresh." If you are called prior to that nine hours Greyhound has "broken […]
A driver is supposed to be given a two hour call at their home domicile, a one hour call from an away location (two hours from the time of the call until you are supposed to report to the work location). Occasionally a driver books off late or a breakdown […]
Made it into ABilene Texas, going to hotel to get fresh.