Contract 4

Bus operators should have their full terminal recovery time, if a schedule has 14 minutes terminal recovery time then the bus operator must have those full 14 minutes of terminal recovery time.

Bus operators who arrive at the end of the line late should not suffer and lose the full terminal recovery time before turning around. Maintaining the schedule may be in the interest of the management however the bus operator is entitled to his full recovery time.

The management should adjust the schedule accordingly, by this following example:

schedule the bus is suppose to arrive at the end of the line 1200 with 14 minutes terminal recovery time and the departing time is 1214 however actual arrival time at the end of the line is 1210 then the bus operator should be entitled to their 14 minutes of recovery time thus the new departing time should be 1224 based on the actual arrival time.

Bus operators should not lose their full recovery time due to the fact that the management is interested in maintaining the schedule. Clearly in the above example it demonstrates that the bus operator lost 10 minutes thus the bus operator is forced to ask for personal time to counter the management. 

We demand that in the contract of 2012 there should be an award to bus operators for their full recovery time without any contention. Do not hold your breath, remember it is Samuelsen and TBOU who are cozy with the management.