mass production Posted September 10, 2009 Share #76 Posted September 10, 2009 Does anyone have the phone# to the NYCT office in Brooklyn located on Livingston Street. If so please kindly send me an e-mail. I would like to check the status of my pre-selection process from exam#8006 for B/O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 10, 2009 Share #77 Posted September 10, 2009 Does anyone have the phone# to the NYCT office in Brooklyn located on Livingston Street. If so please kindly send me an e-mail. I would like to check the status of my pre-selection process from exam#8006 for B/O. There is nothing to know, calling off list 8006 hasn't begun, maybe next spring/summer. 5025 is still going on. Patience my friend, patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 11, 2009 Share #78 Posted September 11, 2009 Bus Operator wife Gabchi0909: How was the 1st week of line training? What lines has he trained on already? Anybody who knows can answer this, seniority at the depot, does each B/O have their own seniority number ex, the one with the most seniority is #1, the one with the least is #450. How does a B/O keep track of where they stand at the depot? is there a list on the wall or something? I know MTA Bus uses B/O numbers, TA uses pass numbers for id purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabchi0909 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share #79 Posted September 15, 2009 Bus Operator wife Gabchi0909: How was the 1st week of line training? What lines has he trained on already? Anybody who knows can answer this, seniority at the depot, does each B/O have their own seniority number ex, the one with the most seniority is #1, the one with the least is #450. How does a B/O keep track of where they stand at the depot? is there a list on the wall or something? I know MTA Bus uses B/O numbers, TA uses pass numbers for id purposes. He says it is going well...doing mostly 9 or 10 hour shifts. I know he has done the B52, not sure of the others. Here is a question...he was told to report to zerega tomorrow for a pre-road test...what the heck is that about? He already has his cdl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olegkha Posted September 15, 2009 Share #80 Posted September 15, 2009 He says it is going well...doing mostly 9 or 10 hour shifts. I know he has done the B52, not sure of the others. Here is a question...he was told to report to zerega tomorrow for a pre-road test...what the heck is that about? He already has his cdl CDL on school bus? P endorsement ? air breaks ? they have a copy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 15, 2009 Share #81 Posted September 15, 2009 Hmm, it can't be the 19A Certification which everybody has to go to Zerega but that is after 1 year I believe. B52, that line ends at Jay St I believe....:cool: that was a great band from the late 70's, early 80's..Rock Lobster..na na na na na na... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabchi0909 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share #82 Posted September 15, 2009 CDL on school bus?P endorsement ? air breaks ? they have a copy ? Yea, he has CDL B-P...airbreaks and passenger....it's on his license...he's had it for over 10 years. On your driver's license it shows Commercial License B-P. Not sure why he has to go, very confused, maybe they made a mistake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabchi0909 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share #83 Posted September 15, 2009 Yea, he has CDL B-P...airbreaks and passenger....it's on his license...he's had it for over 10 years. On your driver's license it shows Commercial License B-P. Not sure why he has to go, very confused, maybe they made a mistake? My husband just called me...they sent the wrong guys up to Zerega today. All the guys they sent up had their CDL already. The three that were supposed to be there that don't have CDL yet were still back at their depots. Now my husband is traveling back down to Fresh Pond lol...oh what fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 15, 2009 Share #84 Posted September 15, 2009 My husband just called me...they sent the wrong guys up to Zerega today. All the guys they sent up had their CDL already. The three that were supposed to be there that don't have CDL yet were still back at their depots. Now my husband is traveling back down to Fresh Pond lol...oh what fun. Those 3 that were supposed to be there are from which class? I thought once you are in line training you need to have your CDL already. Must be from the class after your husbands because to get to the line training part of the process you need to have passed the qualifying period. I hope your husband took his time getting back to the depot from Zerega, lol, since it was their mistake, they should at least pay for his gas/tolls at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabchi0909 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share #85 Posted September 15, 2009 Those 3 that were supposed to be there are from which class? I thought once you are in line training you need to have your CDL already. Must be from the class after your husbands because to get to the line training part of the process you need to have passed the qualifying period. I hope your husband took his time getting back to the depot from Zerega, lol, since it was their mistake, they should at least pay for his gas/tolls at the very least. I am really not sure...I was under the impression that you needed to get your cdl before line training ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 15, 2009 Share #86 Posted September 15, 2009 I am really not sure...I was under the impression that you needed to get your cdl before line training ends. Huh? You can be doing your 4 weeks of line training with just a CDL Permit? Can anybody clear this up please? I thought it works like this, for those who only have a CDL permit (a)take dmv road test first (b)pass MTA qualification ©start 4 weeks of line training. Not that it matters to me since I already have my CDL B,but it may to others who just have their permits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditja Posted September 15, 2009 Share #87 Posted September 15, 2009 Huh? You can be doing your 4 weeks of line training with just a CDL Permit? Can anybody clear this up please? I thought it works like this, for those who only have a CDL permit (a)take dmv road test first (b)pass MTA qualification ©start 4 weeks of line training. Not that it matters to me since I already have my CDL B,but it may to others who just have their permits. Yes. Permit for line training if u don't have cdl. Dmv road test takes place around 2nd - 3rd week. If u fail this test, then all 4 weeks will only go with the permit. 2nd chance for the road test will be giving at the last week. Go on to grad if u pass, they will axe u if fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 16, 2009 Share #88 Posted September 16, 2009 Yes. Permit for line training if u don't have cdl. Dmv road test takes place around 2nd - 3rd week. If u fail this test, then all 4 weeks will only go with the permit. 2nd chance for the road test will be giving at the last week. Go on to grad if u pass, they will axe u if fail. Thanks ditja, that makes sense, you are driving the bus with another driver who has a CDL, I am pretty sure that nobody can drive a bus or a truck on their own with just a permit. Too much on your plate, getting through line training must be hard enough without having to go back and forth to Zerega for training of the DMV road test. At least they give you 2 shots, I have never seen a DMV road test taken on a transit bus before, must be up at Zerega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabchi0909 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share #89 Posted September 18, 2009 Not many lines at Fresh Pond, my husband has trained on all of them so far(about8 or 9) and now the lines are repeating. It's a pretty long day since he is training with seniors on senior runs...10-12 hours with lots of swing time. He leaves Staten Island in the morning before the sun rises and gets home usually between 7and 10 pm depending on the run. He likes it and it is going well, so far so good. Quick question for anyone. On the paycheck it says HealthPlanCont...what does this mean. I thought health benefits were not deducted, also thought they didn't start until 3 months after hire date? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 18, 2009 Share #90 Posted September 18, 2009 Not many lines at Fresh Pond, my husband has trained on all of them so far(about8 or 9) and now the lines are repeating. It's a pretty long day since he is training with seniors on senior runs...10-12 hours with lots of swing time. He leaves Staten Island in the morning before the sun rises and gets home usually between 7and 10 pm depending on the run. He likes it and it is going well, so far so good. Quick question for anyone. On the paycheck it says HealthPlanCont...what does this mean. I thought health benefits were not deducted, also thought they didn't start until 3 months after hire date? Thanks! I thought swing times were on the xpress runs only, Fresh Pond only has local routes. Your husband will have a nice paycheck with those kind of runs. How is the parking situation? Does he have a favorite bus yet.... like the Orion 07 hybrids? 2 more weeks to go before he goes solo, if I were him I would pick a late pm shift like a 1:00 or 2:00pm- 10:00pm or 11:00pm, that way his drive home to S.I will be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabchi0909 Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share #91 Posted September 19, 2009 I thought swing times were on the xpress runs only, Fresh Pond only has local routes. Your husband will have a nice paycheck with those kind of runs. How is the parking situation? Does he have a favorite bus yet.... like the Orion 07 hybrids? 2 more weeks to go before he goes solo, if I were him I would pick a late pm shift like a 1:00 or 2:00pm- 10:00pm or 11:00pm, that way his drive home to S.I will be easier. he would like that shift as well...you can pick your own shift, though? I didn't know that. Do you also pick your RDO as well? Parking situation is okay, he gets there about 45- 1 hour early to ensure parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditja Posted September 19, 2009 Share #92 Posted September 19, 2009 Not many lines at Fresh Pond, my husband has trained on all of them so far(about8 or 9) and now the lines are repeating. It's a pretty long day since he is training with seniors on senior runs...10-12 hours with lots of swing time. He leaves Staten Island in the morning before the sun rises and gets home usually between 7and 10 pm depending on the run. He likes it and it is going well, so far so good. Quick question for anyone. On the paycheck it says HealthPlanCont...what does this mean. I thought health benefits were not deducted, also thought they didn't start until 3 months after hire date? Thanks! we pay 1.5% of our earning toward the health plan. they start to collect it from day 1 but you won't get the ghi/hip card until 3 months after. I thought swing times were on the xpress runs only, Fresh Pond only has local routes. Your husband will have a nice paycheck with those kind of runs. How is the parking situation? Does he have a favorite bus yet.... like the Orion 07 hybrids? 2 more weeks to go before he goes solo, if I were him I would pick a late pm shift like a 1:00 or 2:00pm- 10:00pm or 11:00pm, that way his drive home to S.I will be easier. local runs can also have big swing time. i did a local run that has 4 hours swing. and the run i am doing on sat has 2 swings which add up to about 4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusOperator3319 Posted September 19, 2009 Share #93 Posted September 19, 2009 he would like that shift as well...you can pick your own shift, though? I didn't know that. Do you also pick your RDO as well? Parking situation is okay, he gets there about 45- 1 hour early to ensure parking. He definitely gets to pick his RDO's I dont know if he will get a run right off tha bat he might be on tha extra list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olegkha Posted September 19, 2009 Share #94 Posted September 19, 2009 He definitely gets to pick his RDO's I dont know if he will get a run right off tha bat he might be on tha extra list Yep most likely he will be given a choice of Tuesday and Wednesday or Wednesday and Tuesday it will probably be Tue and Wen or Wen and Thur Fri and Sat Sat and Sun Sun and Mon all are seniority days off This year Thur and Friday are also hot because Thanksgiving, Christmas and new year are all on Thur and Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 19, 2009 Share #95 Posted September 19, 2009 we pay 1.5% of our earning toward the health plan. they start to collect it from day 1 but you won't get the ghi/hip card until 3 months after. local runs can also have big swing time. i did a local run that has 4 hours swing. and the run i am doing on sat has 2 swings which add up to about 4 hours. Ok, I see now, thanks. Here is an example from the Q29 run out of LGA depot. 6:25am:report6:35am:out9:30am:at garage2:40pm:out7:55pm:at garagepay hours:12:20srv:7:20swing time:2:40 Basically it is like working 2 part time jobs, not bad as long as you live near the depot so you can go home to take a nap, run errands,etc. I would figure that runs with swings go to those with most seniority? they are the runs that pay the most. Since SUN/MON RDO's are hard to get as a new B/O, what is the latest that a run could start on a Sunday? 5:00,6:00pm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabchi0909 Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #96 Posted September 23, 2009 He definitely gets to pick his RDO's I dont know if he will get a run right off tha bat he might be on tha extra list Thanks for the info. He just got the invite for graduation on Sept. 30. How long does graduation last? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditja Posted September 24, 2009 Share #97 Posted September 24, 2009 Thanks for the info. He just got the invite for graduation on Sept. 30. How long does graduation last? Thanks expect to stay in the class room for the whole 8 hours, excluding breaks and lunch. they will teach everything he needs to know before going solo. he'll get his badge and a cert at the end. btw, don't be late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditja Posted September 24, 2009 Share #98 Posted September 24, 2009 He definitely gets to pick his RDO's I dont know if he will get a run right off tha bat he might be on tha extra list basically, he has no choice for picking his RDO's. especailly he's working in bklyn. it will be Mon and Tue 99%. it really depends on the depot. if he works in the bronx, then it's a different story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomotion69 Posted September 24, 2009 Share #99 Posted September 24, 2009 expect to stay in the class room for the whole 8 hours, excluding breaks and lunch. they will teach everything he needs to know before going solo. he'll get his badge and a cert at the end. btw, don't be late 8 hrs? wtf? So, he doesn't have his badge already if he is in his 3rd week of line training? How do they identify him then if he doesn't have his badge yet? by payroll number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olegkha Posted September 24, 2009 Share #100 Posted September 24, 2009 8 hrs? wtf? So, he doesn't have his badge already if he is in his 3rd week of line training? How do they identify him then if he doesn't have his badge yet? by payroll number? No , No badge yet graduation is not 8 hours, its more like 3-4 hours of big shots from MTA and unions talking then they give out the paper and a badge, and you are free to go eat and drink stuff upstairs. I sure hope they installed some AC in that huge room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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