Now he’s moved onto National Rail. He said he’d just started when he was on Pointless and still had a mentor. He also gave his whereabouts as Newbury so unless he was born there, I’m assuming he’s moved up there now.
He was route learning Eastleigh to hams hall so if it's passenger it'll be crosscountry another Arriva company.. wow Proper Arriva bitch 😂😂 working for the german state essentially
I felt sorry for Rodney when he failed his test and you could see he was pretty Pigged off, nobody likes to be told they’d failed their test if the drive seemingly went well, BUT forgetting his indicator on a roundabout was a big no no, other motorists don’t read your mind and potentially it could have caused somebody else to crash into you. It is harsh just failing having one major fault and the rest was fine but it’s safety first!
He isn't employed by Arriva, He is employed by the DSA (driving standards agency) or DVSA as it is called now (Driver and vehicle standards agency). Arriva book the test through the DVSA and he we come to the Arriva depot to conduct the tests.
I feel so happy for those that pass & a lil down for those that don't cause ya know they all try their hardest just come get a lil more nervous & mess up .
"bus driving dream could be over" errr. The narrator is aware there are around 20 bus companies in London right? If you don't pass with arriva you'll pas with someone else. Eventually. If not, take lessons with a private tutor and get your D licence that way! Pisses me off the way narrators over dramatize things, /Rant over
20? try 11 companies. Problem with training with private tutors, many of them won't train a driver to a service standard level, So he could go off to a private tutor, get their D licence and two things will happen, They still be required to do 15 hours of training with a company instructor or they could fail a internal bus companies tests because each company as a certain standard and Arriva are one of the stricter companies and are more stricter with people who hold a PCV license then say someone training from scratch with them You are correct that this TV show was edited to make it look good and dramatic for certain points, I also heard a rumour that many drivers who appeared to pass first time actually passed 2nd or on their 3rd attempts.
I'm afraid youre only counting the "big boy" companies. You haven't included companies like CT plus etc. The actual figure is around 17-20 companies generally. And lol at the high standards part. As someone who worked and trained with Arriva i'd say that's BS. The instructors do more yacking than instructing. Then blame the trainee when they fuck up. The delegated examiner is another joke who has before put through trainees who have failed the PCV reverse exercise, Hit kerbs, and stopped in a safe place...on Zig Zags......! Arriva also are one of the highest in terms of accidents and fatalities according to Tfl figures. If that's what you call high standards then you can stuff it. I'd take the DVSA standards over some joke of a bus company training school any day thanks.
Oh but yes I fully agree on the tests part. Many trainees when I were there passed on their 5th attempt and even then they'd accumulated a ton of minors!! Arriva had no choice to put them on the road though as they were and always are short of drivers as its such a shit place to work.
Daniel Gould can you list the companies that make up the other 6 or 9 companies as I did include ct plus who I admit are completely shit tfl list of companies and can you link me the stats that say arriva are the worst.
I don't know the names of the companies. Many of which you or I wont have heard of. But there are definitely way more than 11. Feel free to do your own googling of you're honestly that bothered. Also for figures search tom Kearney on both google and twitter. He has the latest up to date figures regarding accidents and fatality data. You're welcome
Man they were way too harsh for the big guy. A failed test for one single indicator error, and they made it seem like something totally worse. And the headmaster dude at the office saying "grow a pair" and asking if he needs tissues was a total jerk.
They have a point, though. A simple mistake can lead to a horrifying outcome. It’s so important to be on top of your game at all times. If you’re lucky, you might just rub a curb. Worst case? You can easily end someone’s life.
@@robertgardner4508 this was filmed in 2015 so adjusting for inflation; you're looking at about £28,300. That's still not amazing; but a little bit better lol.
I don't understand how 25k a year is worth this much work. You can make that making hamburger at Mc Donalds. With gas prices much higher in Europe, how are they able to support themselves and a family?
I'm a bus driver In the North of the UK and I get about 20k a year, you can't do that much overtime due to driving regulations anyway. Wouldn't get more than 25 I doubt
J .fromUK.. in the north yes, Go south coast pay £24.5k basic in Southampton for 43-47hr week. Then you can also get loads of overtime. Pay rise every year too. Should hit £27-30k a year with o/t. Cost of living is ridiculously cheap ooop north. Everything's higher down south including wages.
7:36 - Dealt with people like that my whole life as a trainer. The everyone else's fault and never mine is a serious attitude problem. I would never want someone like that driving a bus I was travelling on.
11:41, I bet he won't be doing that for long? When you have mystery passenger on board, and even examiner's monitoring your drive! plus you haven't got full control when palming the wheel like that...
ritiprd Just like a big car in a way. The main things that take getting used to are the size and the front wheels being behind you so you turn later and take corners wider than in a car.
@@Josh-xz4ec hi yes, i did pass in the end. 6 weeks training but it was a good learning curve. Nothing like driving a car. 6 months into the job and im loving it.
@@k7450 i had a trainer tell the manager how i committed technical automatic failures on a school bus within the yard The transportation manager told me that that if i was sent out on a route then i would end up striking down someone's kid (because you Know , hitting a cone only proves how homicidal you are behind the wheel) I was REFUSED to be driving a bus or a van even though they know im licensed to drive. Had to move on
I drive a double decker bus. The job is stressful, the pay not great and the hours are long. If I had my way, I would have gone to Uni and got my degree instead. If I could do it all over again, I would not have been a bus driver for sure.
Hey. Hang in there mate. I used to work as a bus driver at metroline for over a year and it was not the drive that that stressed me, but the scum passengers who think they own us. In the year I was there, 20 drivers I knew either left or were sacked for having an accident that was not there fault. the managers are scum and ask could it have been avoided? The bus industry is shit because it is privatised and companies implement their bullsbit policies. im working for the home office now and the pay is much better with alot of holidays. try applying for government jobs they have more security.
Most people with degrees are jobless and working in Tesco (nothing wrong with that of course) Trust me the hype is nothing. You can always make something of yourself without a paper saying you're a graduate and falling I to 30k+ debt. Graduates lack the skills. Was a teacher now careers adviser, helped many into great jobs without degrees. You just need to research and see what's out there.
EskiLdn hm Alvin’s instructor doesn’t know how roundabout works you can’t turn left on the roundabout as an example go across the roundabout first exit well that what my sat-nave tells meh
Because London’s so big most have their own route, but they help with others on occasion. I think it differs by city. Leicester, where I live for example has rotas. One has all the routes at that depot, while others just have a selection (this is what I was told on one of my Flickr posts a while back, so it might have changed, especially as the depot we talked about has since closed). DoubleDeckerAnton’s a good example. In his videos we see he’s usually on the 40, and he transferred from Abellio to the current operator (I know he’s not allowed to mention it but we all know what it is) to stay on the route. It’s not common for drivers to change company with their route. However, he did the 176 on its first night with them, and on the last Abellio 343, he told the passengers on it to look forward to a new friendly driver, referring to himself.
well advice is simple, stay away from the curbe, that thing is just 11 meters long. dont hit the curb, keep your bus on the opposite side of the curbe.. thats all wisdom for curb hitters..
They got 6 weeks of training of driving a bus??😮😮😮😮 at stagecoach they only trained me for 1 week and a half and then the driving exam. 6 weeks..... I think that's too much time
A 2 axel Bus is the most easy Bus to drive, it even have Alison Automatic Gearbox, so how diffecolt can it be, i'm a Woman, and i drive a 6 Axel Modul Truck 24 Meter long with a Manuel Gearbox in Denmark.
I think it's unfair on Alvin having someone train him that speaks so poor English. Yes, Alvin's second language may be English, but his trainer's accent is horrendous. How do they expect people to understand that.
People can get killed on roundabouts because some idiot hasn't indicated. This could be why Britain has one of the best road safety records in the world
You'll fail on a regular driving test if you don't indicate correctly. Don't see why it should be any different for a driving test for a professional role???
Christopher Kugel that’s because British people can actually drive. We’re not stupid enough to need our cars to change gears for us, we can do it ourself. We indicate at roundabouts because we can actually drive, you just “floor it” and hope for the best.
at 15:58 you can see a ufo moving upwards did anyone else notice that? and when I say ufo doesn't necessarily mean alien but it is strange to say the least
