Driving A Greyhound Bus?

Just need to get Passenger Endorsement.

Get paid to travel. Backing a 53' trailer no longer an issue. Any chance anyone but another bus company would consider that as OTR experience?

They are hiring in Chicago for their "on call" (no routes no guaranteed assignments) role. 24 x 7 on call only!

At one point I considered Entertainment Tour Bus driving as a "specialty" career. Only real downsides (to me, anyway) was you have to clean the bus (worst case scenario think 80's Rockstars and Groupies) and I understand they expect solid diesel mechanical skills to keep bus rolling (which I don't really have)...

Guessing Greyhound bus cleanup would be less extreme and they probably don't expect me to be able to fix the bus.

Of course I wouldn't be living in the bus!

Thoughts?

Most people are trying to avoid the greyhound and here you are wanting to do it every day!

I doubt it would count as OTR experience, isnt greyhound only a class B? Either way It'd be a great way for you to get out there and get a taste of the road. Hopefully Rick comes by sometime soon, if I remember correctly he used to drive a tour bus a while back

Most people are trying to avoid the greyhound and here you are wanting to do it every day!

I doubt it would count as OTR experience, isnt greyhound only a class B? Either way It'd be a great way for you to get out there and get a taste of the road. Hopefully Rick comes by sometime soon, if I remember correctly he used to drive a tour bus a while back

"Wanting to do it every day" may be a bit of a stretch, but...

They take Class-A or B with Air Brakes and 18+ Passengers Endorsements. I would just need the Passengers...

I would work at Walmart or McDonald's, first.

Have you seen some of the folks that ride those buses?

But not the ones going to paid training, right? not those, of course.

I would work at Walmart or McDonald's, first.

Have you seen some of the folks that ride those buses?

I hope not.

Last time I rode one was in the early 1980s. Never again for me if I can help it.

Though, I'm going drive to training. I rode one 20 years ago. Philly to Baltimore, not again.

I hope not.

Last time I rode one was in the early 1980s. Never again for me if I can help it.

I met an older gentleman a few months back. He was retired from driving trucks, and saw my car, and the uber decal, and he was asking me about it, since he was retired and bored at home. He had something like 4 million safe miles over half with greyhound. He retired from them over 20 years ago, but said he carried a gun in his boot the whole time, and would stand at the top step smelling everyone as they got on. If they smelled of booze or weed he deny boarding. He said there’s no way he would do the job today. He said he wouldn’t be allowed to do what he did back then.

Along those same lines I’ve deiven around a dozen people when doing uber from the bus station every single one was weird. I decline any rides from there now. I don’t want one bus rider. Couldn’t imagine 50 of them

I would work at Walmart or McDonald's, first.

Have you seen some of the folks that ride those buses?

Ah... actually... (if it is not obvious...) No!

Guess I need another plan!

My step dad drove tour buses for a bit. His moms boyfriend had a small fleet outta southgate i think.

Dad took us for ride up to the snow in a bus.

Biggest thing I remember ,he took a bunch of older folks to the"Let"s Make A Deal" show.

After Robert Kennedy was shot, and the news showed Sirhan Sirhans face, dad jumped up yelling. " I saw that dude at the game show 2 rows in front of me!! 2 days before the shooting......Said he had black brief case and had black leather gloves on.....Dad thought it was a bit off at the time.