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I know guys that are Bus Operator‘s and they always tell the new guys don’t do the overtime. You are on probation for a year and if something happens on the road the transit will turn around and blame you. And they will try to fire you. When you get off probation then do all the overtime you can if that’s what you want to do. Save your job now and make the money later.

Get in touch with your union rep. And they should explain everything to you. And they should also tell you what you need and/or should do during this.

Heard the 4 buses that UP has now need to be fixed. They been parked outside for awhile. And That's also why they have 6032 from FB to train the drivers.

6032 is not ghosting the B1. FB loaned it for driver training. And with that does/would anybody know what Artic's UP getting to use on the B1 and when?

7538 is at Ulmer Park

Just seen bus 0023 at Ulmer Park for training

It was probably on the shuttle (think the 1 or 3 shuttle) and the driver stopped there to use the bathroom, heading back to UP.

That's not a relief point. It's just the turn around for the shot trips. Also there's the B36 relief up at Stillwell Ave and Surf Ave And the B74 at Stillwell Terminal (Mermaid Ave)

There are a few of the 71xx's with the announcements already working. They have it saying "Caution bus turning" about three times.

I see that only 3 were reported, don't know why. actually from what I heard, they were supposed to been sent over the weekend so they would be there for the new pick. But then again it is the MTA, so things change often and/or whenever they want.

UP were supposed to send four of the 49xx buses out, over the weekend

9584 & 9585 from FP to UP And 2422 is also at UP

7177 and 7179 are at Ulmer Park Seen them inside the depot getting the fairbox done but neither one of them had any stickers on them yet this was around 12pm today

Most of the senior operators don't want the RTS's (unless there're hoping to back down, to make OT..lol) They either work the express or they look to get the XD's buses, but with only 40 or so of those buses at UP. And as for the 5000's, again UP got them after they were used and abused by the other depots. The XD's are/were the first (local) new buses they got in a longggggg time.

That's true the buses come in and go right out. And yes UP is considered a low mileage depot. But the maintenance does the best it can with what they have. The 9600's they got from Flatbush where good, but not really solid. And all the buses they are getting now from other depots, come it with some kind of problem. No depot sends another depot there good buses, they send them there crappy buses to other depots and keeps the good buses in there own depot. That's why UP maintenance looks crappy and the other depots look like they have greatest maintenance.

Ulmer Park maintenance is not questionable.... They are doing there best that they can with all the pieces of crap that they are getting. The work bays are full with the buses that being worked on.

Not sure if it was said but 9447 is at UP. It was out on the B6 this morning and it still had GA stickers on it.

It's been said many of times that the UP union didn't want new buses. That might have been true years back, when there was different union bosses in there. But now the guys that are there have been fighting to get the new buses.

That's good to hear. They definitely need new buses. So if they get the Nova's will they lose the XD40's? Or I'd guess no one really knows yet what will be leaving yet.

The union at Ulmer Park doesn't hate new buses. It's the upper bosses that don't like Ulmer Park. The bosses use the excuse that Ulmer Park is a "low mileage" depot. The union has been fighting to get newer buses at Ulmer Park since the last new bus order.

The accident happened at Remsen and Flatlands Ave. The car came out the TD bank parking lot. Don't know how or why it happened

The driver is ok and there were NO passengers on the bus. The bus was heading back to Ulmer Park depot and was cut off by a car who didn't know where they were going. The car cut a cross a few lanes to get to the left side/belt parkway.

There loaners from FB. It seemed UP was short on buses today and they had to get some from FB. I heard they were getting or got about 10 buses to use.

The B5 was out of UP B50 was out of ENY B47 if remember correctly was out of FB

Yea that's what I thought also. But I'm sure the TA will clean it sooner or later, but to bad it will keep happening.