The Pros & Cons of being a London Bus Driver 

#Facecovering Here's what I think... Pros: I get to drive a £260k bus. Most of the people I work with are great. Management care about our issues and are always helpful. I earn a similar amount to my former retail job but work 80 hours less per month. + what you said except we only know what we're working 10 days in advance at the moment Cons. Everything you said + Life-size people in adverts at bus stops. You put on excess weight. Working earlies one week and nights the next really messes you up. People who hide at bus stops or simply refuse to flag you down (I smile and wave as I pass)

Im not shocked ppl get didn’t find any pros.. their are pros

Great video and interesting here the different pros and cons. Face covering.

I guess overtime would count as another positive, the ability to bump up the weekly ££ a bit. Also coming from the taxi trade and I appreciate most folk here haven't but not having to pay for fuel, insurance, maintenance and repairs are a big plus. If it breaks down, someone else's problem, flat tyre, they'll repair it, someone is sick on board, it gets cleaned. A runner in the taxi trade costs you time and money, someone claiming they've no oyster card is not going to affect your wage at the end of the week. Cheers for the vids Mike, as another cabby making the transition, it's helpful watching your take on it all, I'm not expecting fireworks and I'm sure there'll be days I'll be thinking "what am I doing??!!??" But they're answering a few questions for me. 👍🏼 Aside from face coverings 😉, maybe a vid on driver hours, what's expected of you in emergencies, how you're told to deal with trouble on the bus, fare evaders etc.

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Tomorrow I’m on a duty that starts 4:15am and I finish driving at 10:40am the bad thing is a get paid 6 hours

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Well done mate. Really enjoying your videos. It’s interesting listening to your views on being a bus driver in comparison to your time as a taxi driver. I’ve been a bus driver for 5 years. It’s a solid wage and a job for life if you look after your licence. Could do a lot worse then this job. Yes there are cons. Fatigue has got to be high up on that list. You have to find your place in the bus world. Wether it’s earlies or lates. Short route long route. Certain companies are better then others. Takes a while to settle in. Anyway keep up the videos. Face Coverings

The enjoyment for the job really does depend on your company & location too.

Great video Mike, like all of them, very honest and answers a lot of questions! Fair play to you. One on face coverings would be good 😆👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼 be lucky

I went back to work today and I picked up couple kids and they were fine but the good thing was I went on my break at 7:40 so I misssed most of the school kids

Most definitely Face Coverings! You know it's a good tangent when you forget the stem to it all hahaha. Loved the video! You should start up a discord server or something for all your followers Mike, might be beneficial to growing the channel! As always, thanks!

Invisible bus know that one !! I drive a 68ft glider in Belfast it's fun

The Achilles Heel of the industry is brother...the differences in pay grades within the same companies....scandalous really comparing my wage from the 80's till now........& I'm a top earner with long service....they'd sack us guys on a whim....contract grabbing!!!!! rant over, but you got the picture...face coverings

What I like about the job is, no two days are the same, as you say wages every week. Generally a good working atmosphere, if you don’t like London traffic then don’t bother. I nearly forgot Face Coverings , should get a bonus prize for that.

plenty worse jobs out there ..of to my dream home in the sun paid for outta bus driving..

Face covering, yeah can you do a video ok headway and try do a full POV like Taylor straub

I think driving in the better areas of London has its advantages like routes through the west end in Kensington and Chelsea, than places with a high crime rate.

Extremely interesting. Face covering.

Face Covering, great informative video again! Stay safe from Perth, Australia

Brilliant I’ve just passed my D licence at 62 and can’t wait to start driving buses always been an ambition of mine. Are stagecoach bringing drivers in from other areas to help out in London ??

Great video mate. I am a Bus Driver in the Isle of Man, I guess alittle quieter than your part of the world.

Pro. You don’t have to pay Tfl for your taxi medical as the group 2 PCV will cover it. Pro. With Stef starting too, it’s Two less in front at the tfp 😂

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Face covering 👍 A good video, thank you. Keep safe.

Face covering! Excellent Video as always!! I have a random question. You mentioned in one of your previous videos that you were meant to be at Catford when you started, but you were put to Bromley in the end. Does that suit you, I.e closer to home etc? Could you have said rather stay at Catford if that was better location etc?

What company is it to work for l ùsed to work for aldershot before stagecoach took over did not like the ìdea of omo missed crew work it's apity those days are gone .

If your in Unite the Union, it's well worth looking at driver care.

Great video. Face Covering. Do Stagecoach ask for a CV??

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Do you get staff parking at Bromley? If you do that's a massive pro

Get paid weekly? Hopefully not very weakly.........

hey, you at lewisham ? you look familiar ?

Face covering. Really enjoyed that one.

I must admit, I’ve been four-weekly paid for the last 15 years and only recently have I actually got used to it. Hadn’t occurred to me about getting paid daily in a taxi but makes sense. What you say at 9:09 is bang on and how people are has upset me for a long time. People say to accept the world being the way it is but I won’t. It’s not right : ( Edit: Face Covering on an Enviro 400 MMC

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Another comment, it's great that you're being honest about the wage and that old school drivers get a different package as opposed to those who started later. Thing is, it's all horses for courses, what might seem bad to one person might work for another. Take for example the ex-military blokes working for Total Security in Boots or Tesco - a minimum wage job but the long servers have their pension, many have got their mortgage nearly sorted, they take the job on for a bit of extra money and something to do. As long as you've got a mortgage and house sorted it doesn't matter about how you occupy the time, my impression is that you've already sorted the serious stuff and a job like this keeps you ticking over

Hello please what's the overtime. And days in lou like to make up money. I have passed my medical and now waiting for driving licence to return and when do they send you the pack for theory you are really a great guide to becoming a bus driver