Battery disconnect solved the issue with the gauges, however while I was waiting during the disconnect, another driver showed up, he told dispatch he would take the bad bus as is, that they were going to pull me off the run and send me to Amarillo Texas. I told him that was not going to happen, the bus was now working. I do NOT understand why a driver would take a defective bus, and fillit with passengers. No idea how fast he was going (unless he used a GPS), no Air Pressure Gauges (dangerous) no Temperature Gauge or Oil Pressure Gauge (just stupid). I also don't understand why a dispatcher would assign it to him, or why Maintenance and/or safety would let it go.
Went to the terminal and got into a heated discussion with the terminal agent who insisted I take the people that were left over from an earlier schedule ahead of the people that were guaranteed seats on my schedule. I was warned by a Dallas supervisor that Greyhound would be checking envelopes and I could receive disciplinary action if I took tickets for another schedule. He was going to call someone, I told him to call whoever he liked. Loaded my people then the earlier people, had people left over. At THAT point they decided to run a double. Had they decided to do that up front, it would have saved everyone a lot of grief.
Had no PA (Greyhound doesn't think the inability to communicate with the passengers is a safety issue.
Last problem, the A/C was holding 93 degrees inside the bus, on an non-stop schedule. I decided to give the passengers a rest stop in Denton Texas, and got it authorized by maintenance.
Made it into Dallas Texas, put the bus out of service. One of the most miserable rides I have had.
