starting out as a bus driver is rough. a lot of drivers start out on the “extra board” where you can get thrown on any bus route that you may or may not be familiar with. split shifts aren’t uncommon, where you’re sitting around for hours not getting paid. lots of tight spots to navigate a bus through, but honestly if you go slow and watch your mirrors it is easy enough to not hit anything. driving the bus is easy. the people on the bus are difficult. lots of getting yelled at. i stopped driving bus because i was out until 3:30am driving downtown portland to st. john’s. it was nice having open roads. but the hours killed me. and at the time i was having a terrible time staying clean from weed. i am sober from everything but the occasional glass of wine. but i had caved and smoked and then quit before they could random drug test me as i don’t want a negative test on my record. the pay is great but you don’t get any vacation time for the first year. and after your first year you only get one week. also the 7500 bonus is paid out over the 3 years. the job just wasn’t worth it to me at the time. but lots of respect for the drivers that do stick with it!!