Was.
When I was a lead, I was frequently bus 8 which was the lead in charge of spare busses.We also had to account for every single bus for the day , and how many hours they were at what location. When I wasnt, I was the superbus driver out of PI, and had to go up there for fuel. The first part of my shift as bus 8, was at maint. checking on what busses were available and the expected availability of the ones curently being fixed. I was good friends with most of the mech back there, though there was 1 or 2 that I didnt see eye to eye with. Little things like air leaks a runnuing bus couldnt keep up with and they said there was nothing wrong with that. Things like that. Id seen more then a few busses with the engines and trannies out for rebuild, and they are palletized. They drop a few bolts, some hoses, and wiring, the forklift supports the whole thing and they can swap an engine tranny combo in less then 12 hours.Theyll rebuild an entire engine inless then 16 hours from the time they start.
As far as the uniforms, dont miss the purple at all. We were constanly being confused with security.Not that we looked half way professional.The old brown uniforms were more professional looking, at least to me, then the Barney colors.
Now. Shorts.
Look at some of the drivers. Do you really want some of them wearing shorts?
