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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 360776" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>I ran a route by trace yesterday and the result was two missed pieces (businesses loaded in the 8000 section) and barely clocking out under 9.5. If you are a newer driver then how can your sup expect you to run any route in the most logical way? Its not like you are an expert at any of the routes yet. I suggest using one day on that route to take notes on all the areas. Spend the whole day just learning the areas and don't worry about the numbers. Take notes on how you think each area should be run. Like which areas can be run on trace and which areas can't. </p><p></p><p>There are things advertised about PAS that aren't always true. Not having to sort is normally true but if the dispatch sup screws up then you will be sorting. An example of this is when for some reason a bunch of stops all have the same sequence number. I had 25 stops with the same number thursday and 40 one day a few weeks ago. There were still in order in EDD but the preloaders never put them in order so I had to sort them. And PAS definitely does not eliminate the need for drivers to think for themselves because the looping was primarily done by computer geeks that used maps and Google Earth like programs to set up our routes. In most cases EDD is pretty close to how it should be run. When its not you can still make your own adjustments and run routes how you know they should be run. It just sucks for you right now because you are still learning the ropes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 360776, member: 198"] I ran a route by trace yesterday and the result was two missed pieces (businesses loaded in the 8000 section) and barely clocking out under 9.5. If you are a newer driver then how can your sup expect you to run any route in the most logical way? Its not like you are an expert at any of the routes yet. I suggest using one day on that route to take notes on all the areas. Spend the whole day just learning the areas and don't worry about the numbers. Take notes on how you think each area should be run. Like which areas can be run on trace and which areas can't. There are things advertised about PAS that aren't always true. Not having to sort is normally true but if the dispatch sup screws up then you will be sorting. An example of this is when for some reason a bunch of stops all have the same sequence number. I had 25 stops with the same number thursday and 40 one day a few weeks ago. There were still in order in EDD but the preloaders never put them in order so I had to sort them. And PAS definitely does not eliminate the need for drivers to think for themselves because the looping was primarily done by computer geeks that used maps and Google Earth like programs to set up our routes. In most cases EDD is pretty close to how it should be run. When its not you can still make your own adjustments and run routes how you know they should be run. It just sucks for you right now because you are still learning the ropes. [/QUOTE]
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