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I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving.I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

Get some exp. driving a smaller bus for for instance a nursing home or retirement home. Many of these have their own small buses and sometimes need drivers. Possibly even volunteer at an old folks home and get the experience and their recommendation on your resume. Then go out and approach some bigger companies in your area and see what comes up! I speak from experience. I volunteered at an old folks home and slid right into a 56 passenger drivers seat a year later! Charter driving is GREAT but you may have to do some work to get into it....Good Luck!

thank's for the info

larryduane in Gallatin, Tennessee said: I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving .I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

DO NOT APPLY FOR GREY HOUND THEY ARE NOT A GOOD COMPANY. BELIVE ME I ALSO HAVE A CLASS A WITH P ENDORSEMENT AND WENT TO WORK FOR GREY HOUND AFTER THE INTENSE TRAINIG OF TWO WEEKS AND (WE) CLASS MATES AND MYSELF WE DROVE FORM 11/08 AND WAS FURLOD IN 1/09 AND HAVE NOT HERD ANYTHING AS OF YET 04/09 WE DONOT GET LETTERS NOR CALLS BUT YET IN STILL THEY HAVE JUST STARED A NOTHER SCHOOL TRAINING MORE DRIVERS FOR WHAT WE SPENT MORE MONEY GETTING READY FOR TRAINING AND THE UNIFORMS WE WERE MADE TO PURCHASE THAN WE MADE THE LITTLE TIME WE DROVE AND NOT ONLY THAT I WASTED TIME I NEEDED TO ADD MORE EXPERINCE OTR WITH THE 18 WHEELER.

thanks i dnt think ill try Grey Hound anyway

Does anyone know of any companys hiring (Charter bus drivers )in the Michigan area?

larryduane in Gallatin, Tennessee said: I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving.I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

If you have an endorement for passenger, then any school board will train you to drive their school bus, and the smae with any Tour bus company...is all.

larryduane in Gallatin, Tennessee said: I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving.I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

I have been through the same thing try arrow trucking in tulsa ok also try cr england trucking and crst good luck try grey hound and the city bus as well its a start god bless you will be blessed lean on the lord

larryduane in Gallatin, Tennessee said: I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving.I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

Go ON gReyhound web site click on careers pick coach oportator. choose nearest location apply

well i have had my cdl with all e/d and still can not find a job the big insurance co are out to stop new driver. money is all that is on thar mind take and take but will never help new driver to get a job. if a trucking co would give you a job thar price for insurance go up just like that over and over new driver are finding out that it is hard to find a job so is thar help out thar NO"
THE LAW is on thar side with BIG transactions to the boy`s at the white house that make the law. if a good man stand up to help new trucker`s or do the right thing he or she will be black balled and made to look bad just like that. so if thar is a trucking co out thar that will give you are me a job then it is out of the goodness of thar hearts or need best to new driver looking and GOD`S SPEED

marhmrk7 in Douglasville, Georgia said: well i have had my cdl with all e/d and still can not find a job the big insurance co are out to stop new driver. money is all that is on thar mind take and take but will never help new driver to get a job. if a trucking co would give you a job thar price for insurance go up just like that over and over new driver are finding out that it is hard to find a job so is thar help out thar NO"
THE LAW is on thar side with BIG transactions to the boy`s at the white house that make the law. if a good man stand up to help new trucker`s or do the right thing he or she will be black balled and made to look bad just like that. so if thar is a trucking co out thar that will give you are me a job then it is out of the goodness of thar hearts or need best to new driver looking and GOD`S SPEED

Dear God man, where did you learn how to spell?
the word is "there" not thar
also, "So if there is a truckng company out there that will give you or me a job, then it is out of the goodness of there hearts." The rest makes no sense at all.

larryduane in Gallatin, Tennessee said: I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving.I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

searh out scumbus.com

larryduane in Gallatin, Tennessee said: I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving.I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

I drove an 18 wheeler for 14 months then applied for a job at the local city transit.The job pays well enough BUT... I have been spit on, cursed, threatened, had a guy sneeze and blow snot in my face and generally abused by the ones who ride the city transit. It seems a lot of the riders think the ride is owed them and don't have any regard for the rules of the company. Sadly the company does not back up their rules, tries to placate the complaining customer even when the customer is totally wrong. To be a city bus driver you have to have thick skin or be thick headed. It is the third best paying job I have had and the first worse in working conditions.

mrsjj55 in Hesperia, California said: DO NOT APPLY FOR GREY HOUND THEY ARE NOT A GOOD COMPANY. BELIVE ME I ALSO HAVE A CLASS A WITH P ENDORSEMENT AND WENT TO WORK FOR GREY HOUND AFTER THE INTENSE TRAINIG OF TWO WEEKS AND (WE) CLASS MATES AND MYSELF WE DROVE FORM 11/08 AND WAS FURLOD IN 1/09 AND HAVE NOT HERD ANYTHING AS OF YET 04/09 WE DONOT GET LETTERS NOR CALLS BUT YET IN STILL THEY HAVE JUST STARED A NOTHER SCHOOL TRAINING MORE DRIVERS FOR WHAT WE SPENT MORE MONEY GETTING READY FOR TRAINING AND THE UNIFORMS WE WERE MADE TO PURCHASE THAN WE MADE THE LITTLE TIME WE DROVE AND NOT ONLY THAT I WASTED TIME I NEEDED TO ADD MORE EXPERINCE OTR WITH THE 18 WHEELER.

I was a Greyhound driver also.. The key to survival at grehound is mobility.. what I mean is.. You must be willing to relocate to another Greyhound terminal that has a low driver count on their extra board...

road_dog said: I was a Greyhound driver also.. The key to survival at grehound is mobility.. what I mean is.. You must be willing to relocate to another Greyhound terminal that has a low driver count on their extra board...

You should not have to relocate to work when you applyed for a terminal not many terminals, and the question i have is when you move around who footing the living bill? and if you are buying a home in your home state are they paying your current mrgt as well as rent where you have jumped to. of course not it appeared to me they are out for themselves and should be sued for falsely giving information upon hiring and the union should be sued as well what are they being paid for to allow the newly hired to laid off while there are driver that can afford to fur-low for a while those that have 25 plus yrs it is a shame how they played with so many lives, homes lost , it a shame. and may god have mercy on grey hound.

Ladies and gentlemen:

1. Please spend a few minutes and read your post before submitting it. It is an important message you have to pass on. However, your voice is lost when your writings are incoherent. Think about what you want to say, then write it in a logical order. And remember to right click, then select "Spell Check."

2. Remember, there are many people who are thinking of entering commercial transportation as a new career; many will end up here reading your postings. Please help them to understand how difficult it is to find a decent job driving when they get out of school.

Many drivers have lost everything they had due to near minimum wage pay checks. $17.00 per hour at Greyhound is not much money if you only get 10-20 hours a week.

Swift Transportation pays Over The Road drivers 25 Cents Per Mile to live in a truck for weeks at a time... Not much to take home after you pay $5 per shower and buy all your meals at a truck stop. Even driving 2000 miles per week it is barely a break even job after your expenses.

Local or city jobs generally will not hire you unless you have Over The Road experience. Most require 6, 12, or 24 months OTR experience. There are several other hot topics with them as well.

Speeding tickets, you better not have more than one (1) in last five (5) years or you will have a very difficult time finding a truck company that IS ALLOWED BY THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY TO HIRE YOU. And if you have a DUI, OMVI, Wreckless Operation, Drag Racing, Fleeing, or any kind of criminal history you might as well NOT PAY A TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU A VIRTUALLY UNEMPLOYABLE.

If you are not in excellent health, be honest with yourself, you may have a difficult time getting through the DOT physical.

Bus driving takes a friendly, thick skinned, thinking driver. If you have performance anxiety issues (ie - Hate to have people watch your every move) this is not the driving job for you. If you do not like public speaking this may not be your career.

larryduane in Gallatin, Tennessee said: I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to get into bus driving.I have no experience driving a bus but i have a class A cdl. I think i would enjoy charter bus tours more than driving around the city. Does anyone know if they take trainees. Any information would help

1ST YOU HAVE TO GET A STAB CERT. AND YOU GET THAT FROM SCHOOL BUS DRIVING GO TO YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL DIST AND SEE IF THEY ARE HIRING THEY ALSO TRAIN YOU WILL EITHER HAVE TO PAY OR TRAIN WITHOUT ANY PAY.

The best thing to do is to google charter bus companies in whatever area you desire. Then call each one and tell them you are inquiring about a position there. If they don't answer fax your resume or leave a message.This seems like the only suitable thing to do instead of filing resumes and applications with thousands of people online, or reading forums.