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TransLink needs 400 -500 new bus drivers EACH year!

Started by Superchecker, September 28, 2018, 06:50:19 AM

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#45
June 09, 2020, 11:44:07 AM
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=365313 time=1591655233 user_id=101
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365312 time=1591653653 user_id=3254


Have laid off drivers been called back Super?

The lay offs were scheduled to take affect May 18; but around May 10 the provincial government announced emergency funding to eliminate the need for any layoffs...

That's good Super..



Are you seeing more people taking transit lately as the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus across Canada continues to fall?

Superchecker

#46
June 09, 2020, 01:15:18 PM
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Hey Stud, how the fuck are ya?


Eagerly awaiting a surgery date for the Mrs...
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#47
June 09, 2020, 01:15:56 PM
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Quote from: Superchecker post_id=365313 time=1591655233 user_id=101
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365312 time=1591653653 user_id=3254


Have laid off drivers been called back Super?

The lay offs were scheduled to take affect May 18; but around May 10 the provincial government announced emergency funding to eliminate the need for any layoffs...

That's good Super..



Are you seeing more people taking transit lately as the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus across Canada continues to fall?

It's slowly getting busier. Traffic is busier too...
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#48
June 09, 2020, 02:37:39 PM
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Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365368 time=1591717447 user_id=3254
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=365313 time=1591655233 user_id=101
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365312 time=1591653653 user_id=3254


Have laid off drivers been called back Super?

The lay offs were scheduled to take affect May 18; but around May 10 the provincial government announced emergency funding to eliminate the need for any layoffs...

That's good Super..



Are you seeing more people taking transit lately as the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus across Canada continues to fall?

It's slowly getting busier. Traffic is busier too...

Are restaurants and hair salons open in BC Super?

Superchecker

#49
June 09, 2020, 05:37:41 PM
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365388 time=1591727859 user_id=3254
Are restaurants and hair salons open in BC Super?


Restaurants were doing the take out or delivery only option for months and are now starting to allow socially distance based dine in options too... Many are trying to get more patio space...



Hair salons just started opening a week or so ago...
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Anonymous

#50
June 09, 2020, 06:46:24 PM
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=365425 time=1591738661 user_id=101
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365388 time=1591727859 user_id=3254
Are restaurants and hair salons open in BC Super?


Restaurants were doing the take out or delivery only option for months and are now starting to allow socially distance based dine in options too... Many are trying to get more patio space...



Hair salons just started opening a week or so ago...

Our restaurants and bars opened yesterday. They are allowed only fifty per cent capacity. I don't see how they will survive unless they can go to full capacity.

Superchecker

#51
June 10, 2020, 04:34:15 PM
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365368 time=1591717447 user_id=3254


That's good Super..



Are you seeing more people taking transit lately as the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus across Canada continues to fall?


http://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Media/2020/June/TransLink-ridership-begins-recovery.aspx">www.translink.ca/About-Us/Media/2020/June/TransLink-ridership-begins-recovery.aspx
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Anonymous

#52
June 10, 2020, 04:44:34 PM
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=365595 time=1591821255 user_id=101
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=365368 time=1591717447 user_id=3254


That's good Super..



Are you seeing more people taking transit lately as the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus across Canada continues to fall?


http://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Media/2020/June/TransLink-ridership-begins-recovery.aspx">www.translink.ca/About-Us/Media/2020/June/TransLink-ridership-begins-recovery.aspx

BC has opened up more than Ontario has and it's reflected in those increased public transit ridership numbers.

Superchecker

#53
June 10, 2020, 05:28:59 PM
Transit needs a Power Line Technician; $49.65 an hour, plus full benefits...



click onto Coast Mountain Bus Company off of http://www.translink.ca/careers">www.translink.ca/careers
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Anonymous

#54
June 10, 2020, 07:54:00 PM
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=365601 time=1591824539 user_id=101
Transit needs a Power Line Technician; $49.65 an hour, plus full benefits...



click onto Coast Mountain Bus Company off of http://www.translink.ca/careers">www.translink.ca/careers


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Superchecker

#55
June 16, 2020, 06:56:56 PM
Coast Mountain Bus Company needs 10 more SERVICEPERSONS; Full time; often nights to start; sweeping out buses; refueling buses; washing buses, 4 nights per week. At any of the six depots in the system. $22.42 an hour thru $33 an hour over a two year period. Plus shift premiums.



Click onto Coast Mountain Bus Company; off of http://www.translink.ca/careers">www.translink.ca/careers
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Anonymous

#56
June 17, 2020, 01:41:31 AM
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=366468 time=1592348216 user_id=101
Coast Mountain Bus Company needs 10 more SERVICEPERSONS; Full time; often nights to start; sweeping out buses; refueling buses; washing buses, 4 nights per week. At any of the six depots in the system. $22.42 an hour thru $33 an hour over a two year period. Plus shift premiums.



Click onto Coast Mountain Bus Company; off of http://www.translink.ca/careers">www.translink.ca/careers

Probably sanitizing buses for now too.

Superchecker

#57
October 23, 2020, 08:44:15 PM
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=320916 time=1564838507 user_id=101
The posting for more driver trainees is back on the website. Click onto Coast Mountain Bus Company off of http://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Careers.aspx">www.translink.ca/About-Us/Careers.aspx for active postings; $24.22 thru $35.60 an hour



Go to http://www.translink.ca/drive">www.translink.ca/drive for details about the job and recruitment steps


Reposted as of todays date; 6 weeks training
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Anonymous

#58
October 23, 2020, 11:02:11 PM
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=388053 time=1603500255 user_id=101
Quote from: Superchecker post_id=320916 time=1564838507 user_id=101
The posting for more driver trainees is back on the website. Click onto Coast Mountain Bus Company off of http://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Careers.aspx">www.translink.ca/About-Us/Careers.aspx for active postings; $24.22 thru $35.60 an hour



Go to http://www.translink.ca/drive">www.translink.ca/drive for details about the job and recruitment steps


Reposted as of todays date; 6 weeks training

You said buses are nearly empty. How the hell can they justify hiring more drivers. That is like Air Canada going on a hiring spree.

Superchecker

#59
October 24, 2020, 09:10:27 AM
Quote from: Herman post_id=388060 time=1603508531 user_id=1689
You said buses are nearly empty. How the hell can they justify hiring more drivers. That is like Air Canada going on a hiring spree.


The facts as I know it: Prior to the pandemic; TransLink had embarked on a 10 year, near $10 Billion expansion plan. More buses, more often.



Hiring and training 400-500 more drivers each year.



Pandemic hit:  Training stop for 3 months; daily funding dried up; major cuts planned, announced 1492 lay offs to take effect May 18; But like ten days before the layoffs: Emergency funding was secured; no lay offs. Training resumed late June; internal posting looking for existing staff who want to switch to bus driving;  I guess most city routes are busy again; I'm out in the suburbs carrying next to no one. maybe 60-70 people total the entire day, used to be that number every round trip! There are 3333 Conventional drivers and about 500 shuttle drivers; Company is moving forward with adding more "Rapid Buses" on the busiest corridors; Scheduling has been tweaking the service; reducing service on some routes already. I guess they still need more driver trainees, whether for expansion and/or to attrition...



I still see many Help Wanted and Now Hiring signs around metro Vancouver; I guess we're doing better than many other regions...
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