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The only reason the B61 was cut short and split was because of the heavy delays going through Downtown Brooklyn, funny to think that this happened roughly 11 years ago...

You can always come back within 1 year, as someone said, you'll just pick back up where you left off and whatever time you have remaining in your probationary period will continue. This job requires a great deal of mental fortitude. The moment you are able to not let the stresses of the field get to your core you will succeed. I would say give it a few more weeks before making a decision. It gets better after the holidays. Trust me, I am way past well done after being on one of Brooklyn's heaviest routes for the last 4 months and I am finally happy I don't have to go through that again after today. IT gets better with time. Hang in there.

Not like they enforced the fare on the buses before that... That was more common in the subways when they'd actually dress in plainclothes and ticket turnstile hoppers

It's all bark and no bite. The bite was lost a long time ago.

Under the 19A laws you cannot have 9 or more points on your license or you cannot drive a passenger vehicle in service unless the points are reduced below that threshold

That's a Vision Zero thing

I smacked my right side mirror into some scaffolding and the convex popped out like two weeks into going out on my own. It was deemed a preventable and I was sent to Zerega for a day. They'll just counsel you. I had about two separate incidents and a non-preventable happen my probie year. Sometimes trouble just finds you.

You basically answered your own question. High retirement rates due to the more senior guys finding their way out. Same deal at Gleason with it being such a large depot.

I've seen a certain post online somewhere where they basically outed themselves...

They are overall solid buses to drive. You don't feel their weight much in their steering. Very light. I always make it a point to pull one out when given the choice but I'll take an XN40 here or there...

There were many a time when I would warn people about getting in a bus so close to its terminal, but after a while with all the "I know, just riding to so and so" replies you pretty much stop caring. Then you get the opportunists who like to sneak in through the rear doors when people leave. I really can't help those kinds of people, they're on their own.

It is especially funny when heading towards Brownsville and stopping at Mother Gaston when I get the "You not going any further?" "Oh shit, I thought this was the B15" LOL

Because people are still gonna ask the same question despite the destination sign saying otherwise... "Is this a local?" "Oh man, I didn't know this was a limited!"

You got this in the bag. Day 6 was tougher than day 7 for me. I actually bombed on day 6 when I was tripped up by one of the turn signal lights. Your instructor will pretty much test you on what you learned later so stay on your toes!

The only problem I ever really noticed with the suburban seated buses was their lack of capacity. Everything else seemed fine. It was problematic to get off the buses if they were SRO and you weren't near any of the exit doors. They were still a decent ride after all that when I used to ride the Q27 and/or the Q12 back then.

Wow. They're definitely going to have to put a lot of these guys in place after that

7612 is a TA exam This list should have been close to exhausted by now if they're calling names off of 9604, what is your list number if so? There were only like 2800+ who made it on this list.

It won't work unless there is a way to confirm that everyone on board has paid. That's where OMNY comes in once the MetroCard is phased out along with cash fare payments going the way of the dodo. At least I would assume that is what the final plan will be...

Our employee passes work on all buses now as per the recent contract

Takes a little getting used to but you will get the hang of it. Make sure you are not just looking ahead, watch those mirrors and especially your rear wheels in the right side mirror!

You will most likely do your initial 7-day qualification process in South Jamaica or the surrounding areas. Depends on your superintendent.

Damn, that's cold

Wow, didn't know there was a whole other story behind that, but I was looking at the M60 paddles a few weeks back and noticed the lengthy deadheads it had to make to and from the depot- it just seemed silly to me. Thing is, wasn't Grand opened in 2008 and 126 closed in 2015? That wouldn't make much sense if at all. It's f--ked either way if you ask me.

Ah. Hope you're doing alright, I seem to see the same faces on the B35 as extras cause when people put in their OT slips they always write "NO 35" on them. I had to sort them out once when I was sitting on report one day lol

Yeah I got a run with Sunday/ Monday off right now