I know I've already commented already... but I must point out that your movements and the way you perform while operating your coach is very indicative that you play the piano or Violin, Maybe both ;). There is a certain fluidity in the way you orchestrate your self behind the wheel of a motorcoach.
Nice flashback for me. I went to U of Iowa from ‘98-‘02. When you were on US-6 by the river I used to live in the dormitory right there. The Cambus transit system was my first bus driving job, mostly Gillig Phantoms at the time. The Iowa River Landing area wasn’t there when I left. It used to be all industrial with a strip club called ‘Dolls’. You can fly! Find your local flight school at a small airport and ask about an introductory flight lesson.
Very nice video. It was well thought out and well shot. You do an excellent job of reversing and parallel park. I do have to ask you if they treat you like the mass transit buses in New York mind you that's been years ago and I see it happening everyday now. Everything is parked in our parking space except the bus. They seem to think we either float or where the size of a Volkswagen beetle 🐞. We just don't fit in those kind of spaces. I was very very proud of you when you checked your crosswalk when you were backing. I'm sorry I didn't get to this video until now I just found it. Take good care of yourself Albert
@@alblua I used to that a lot too. But I seen a lot of bird in my day. Taxi cabs and other vehicles made it very hard to stay on your bus stop schedule! And when it's extremely cold and extremely hot it made for some very cranky customers.
This is super cool! One of the most exciting opportunities of the job. One of the highlights of my driving is driving a congressional group from the Capitol to Andrews AFB as they were flying out to Harry Reid’s funeral. After dropping them at the door of their 737-BBJ (C-40B?) thing, I got to drive alongside AF2 taxiing (the 757), with VP onboard. I hope secret service does not hound me for this comment. We will sit back and see lol
Hard to make a conclusive statement. Prevost makes a really good motorcoach (H3-45), but they're more expensive and harder to purchase than MCI J4500s. Our H3-45's tend to being more reliable than our J4500's as well over time (lower cost per mile as they get older). From a technician's perspective, I'm told the H3-45's are also better to work on. But from a driver's perspective, the majority of our fleet is J4500, it's a very familiar design, and has a well thought-out dashboard on the new generation. The H3-45's do have much better acceleration over the J4500's and are great for hilly terrain.
One front door, that's correct! The only ones with a second rear door I can think of is the MCI D45 CRT LE (middle accessible vestibule) and double deckers like the VanHool TDX25
Great visuals but you committed the Cardinal Sin of CDL driving by turning your hand upside down and grabbing underneath the top of the wheel. If you have to emergency countersteer further than back to top, you're screwed. Really cool you got to go onto an airfield....TWICE!!!
@@alblua Ya, but the viewer can’t see what’s going on in the video (the whole purpose of RU-vid) when they’re having to focus on reading the captions. Same reason I won’t watch movies with subtitles…you miss the entire movie.