Will my base car route be permanently dissolved in 2024?

[Johney]

I thought the A route was for Apex
And the B route was base

MYOFB “A” is the base car

 

[Coldworld]

Dont stand for anything I believe. Just the position in the loop.

What was the X or Z car?? Had a few of them in my old center…you would have 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21X????

 

[Coldworld]

MYOFB “A” is the base car

Get his ass…you would think a 46 year employee would know this!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

MYOFB “A” is the base car

Your answer is about as correct as Daves answer about the contract was

 

[burrheadd]

I've seen drivers that got qualified, that had no sense of direction.

They couldn't tell you if they were going North, South, East, or West, and would only be placed on certain routes.

I know a driver that used to wear a little dime store compass on his watch band
I ed with him relentlessly

 

[Wally]

What's the difference between cover and utility driver?

 

[burrheadd]

What's the difference between cover and utility driver?

Same thing here
A seniority driver that doesn’t have a bid route. Sometimes known as the trash man he gets all the crap nobody else wants

 

[Johney]

What was the X or Z car?? Had a few of them in my old center…you would have 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21X????

I thought X was when they put in a extra car for that loop

 

[Wally]

Same thing here
A seniority driver that doesn’t have a bid route. Sometimes known as the trash man he gets all the crap nobody else wants

So which is which?

All we have is "split drivers". They do not have a permanent route. Everyone else is just a driver, no special name. Once you get a route, you cease to be a split driver.

 

[burrheadd]

So which is which?

All we have is "split drivers". They do not have a permanent route. Everyone else is just a driver, no special name. Once you get a route, you cease to be a split driver.

Same thing we just call those without a route cover drivers and those with a bid route bid drivers

 

[oldngray]

We did have some bid routes that ended up being garbage splits.

 

[Wally]

We did have some bid routes that ended up being garbage splits.

We call those a "World Split".

 

[Coldworld]

I thought X was when they put in a extra car for that loop

I have no idea…I’ve seen a permanent Z car also…

 

[Johney]

I have no idea…I’ve seen a permanent Z car also…

I know a loser who has a Z car.

 

[TexCal519]

It's gone man. Better just come to that realization now and start planning for the future.

Thanks for the reply but it was exactly the kind of reply that that wasn't necessary. I was hoping for a concrete answer, not a "tough " one.

 

[TexCal519]

Bad news cuz you’re now a cover driver better grab some maps

Thanks for the reply but it's exactly the kind of reply that was unnecessary. I was seeking a concrete reply, not a "tough " one.

 

[TexCal519]

This could be a kid that has only done 5 routes total in the building before he won his current one. Seriously might have a panic attack if thrown on anything else…I use to drive with a couple guys like this…would fold like a house of cards, bad. OP…you need to get in your head now that things are going to get real very fast. If your route isn’t cut then it’s probably going to get a bunch of other areas which could be just as bad. It’s not going to be fun for the next year or two….seriously.

For the record, I'm over the hill in age and have done every route in my Los Angeles center during the early years of driving, I put in adequate time. Can I be blamed for really not wanting to be put back in the utility pool after having a set steady base car route. What is it with the snide replies like "oh man, you just gotta deal with it?". I was making a serious inquiry that doesn't warrant replies assuming I'm some shaky wet behind the ears kid.

 

[TexCal519]

Seriously everyone, save the snide remarks and replies for the management and sups. Way to be supportive of your own but I guess some of you just can't help but be obnoxious.

 

[oldngray]

For the record, I'm over the hill in age and have done every route in my Los Angeles center during the early years of driving, I put in adequate time. Can I be blamed for really not wanting to be put back in the utility pool after having a set steady base car route. What is it with the snide replies like "oh man, you just gotta deal with it?". I was making a serious inquiry that doesn't warrant replies assuming I'm some shaky wet behind the ears kid.

What do you mean by base car route? Do you mean the baseline route that usually gets work from other loops and is usually the first to be taken out? The opposite of the A route.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Hi fellow Teamsters. I started as a cover driver about 6 years ago, became a utility driver a couple of years after that and have had a base car route for a good few years now. I'm used to the route being cut on Mondays and even being cut a couple of random days during the week when the volume is allegedly too low to provide my guaranteed 8 hours but it was only in one day this week on Tuesday, which I guess makes sense because the volume that travels to the hub over the weekend seems like it warrants the base cars to be in.

I'm, of course, aware that the job cuts on the horizon have to do with a drop in volume and that it's supposedly going to mainly affect managers, sups, etc but also a lot of the lower seniority drivers and hub folks too. I'm very concerned that my base car route is going to be permanently dissolved because it happened to another fellow driver who had to go back into the utility mix, which would be an absolute nightmare for me.

No need for comparisons or of how long some of you had to wait to get a route, how some of you don't mind it or statements of how I just need to suck it up and deal with it, everyone has to put in time, blah blah blah, or even a statement like "you just want someone to say it's going to work out for you". Please spare me.

Can any one of my fellow Teamsters here chime in about how likely the higher ups might choose to permanently dissolve base car routes, especially in a hub in Los Angeles? Also, does hub management and dispatch determine how many and which routes to cut or are those decisions determined by their higher ups not physically in the hub? Thanks in advance for your helpful replies.

Yes