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Title: Channel 11 Piece on Safety Protocols on Buses
Post by: Buzz on August 12, 2020, 05:43:55 PM
https://www.pix11.com/news/back-to-school/nyc-school-bus-drivers-still-waiting-for-safety-protocols-from-education-department?fbclid=IwAR3T11qivSTj4Xi8TbZCIAS2QG4N6ZMeGoVZeWQO1eKYGgXUER8jALxaKvg
Title: Re: Channel 11 Piece on Safety Protocols on Buses
Post by: Buzz on August 12, 2020, 05:50:23 PM

Go for it, PROUD MEMBER ... LOL.
Title: Re: Channel 11 Piece on Safety Protocols on Buses
Post by: PROUD MEMBER on August 12, 2020, 06:41:28 PM
If I went on TV first of all I wouldn't conceal my identity. And instead of addressing my safety concerns and saying that I do not know how they will be able to social distance on a school bus which I said on another site is not helping our cause, I would call out the Mayor and make sure that all the parents know that their children at all times (including now with COVID-19) are definitely safer on a School Bus as compared to using MTA, Ubers, bicycles or walking as the Mayor & Chancellor has suggested.
Title: Re: Channel 11 Piece on Safety Protocols on Buses
Post by: Buzz on August 12, 2020, 06:56:34 PM
Quote from: PROUD MEMBER on August 12, 2020, 06:41:28 PM
If I went on TV first of all I wouldn't conceal my identity. And instead of addressing my safety concerns and saying that I do not know how they will be able to social distance on a school bus which I said on another site is not helping our cause, I would call out the Mayor and make sure that all the parents know that their children at all times (including now with COVID-19) are definitely safer on a School Bus as compared to using MTA, Ubers, bicycles or walking as the Mayor & Chancellor has suggested.

I thought the safety concerns were legitimate but I agree with you about being ... what I call the lesser of 2 evils ... school bus vs. MTA.
Title: Re: Channel 11 Piece on Safety Protocols on Buses
Post by: yabba on August 12, 2020, 07:43:26 PM
amazing how guys would try to get attention to something that can finish off our job ...put a mask on and get us back behind the wheel....save our pension and benefits before its too late
Title: Re: Channel 11 Piece on Safety Protocols on Buses
Post by: PROUD MEMBER on August 12, 2020, 08:58:55 PM
I agree with Yabba 100%
Title: Re: Channel 11 Piece on Safety Protocols on Buses
Post by: Buzz on August 12, 2020, 09:44:46 PM
Quote from: yabba on August 12, 2020, 07:43:26 PM
amazing how guys would try to get attention to something that can finish off our job ...put a mask on and get us back behind the wheel....save our pension and benefits before its too late

The thing is, a mask doesn't protect you. Others wearing a mask protects you. I don't know. Maybe I'm more paranoid than some people ... I'm old.  ;D ;D ;D