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Denny_hahn
Member Username: Denny_hahn
Post Number: 151 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 04:59 pm: |
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Mark, The form we use @ RVT has two parts, one part is turned in @ the end of the mechanics shift. Any of the mechanics that make a repair has to sign the defect card to certify the bus is in a safe running order. We compare the defect card to the mechanics time slips to be sure a repair has been made. As others have mentioned sometimes the mechanic "can't duplicate" a problem & they record as such. We keep any defect card that had a repair made to it from cradle to grave. The other portion of the defect card from the previous day stays with the bus so the operator can verify a repair has been made. The mechanics turn those cards in the following day. As you say it's the "age old problem" that shows up now & then. |
Charlie_shilk
Member Username: Charlie_shilk
Post Number: 13 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 07:49 am: |
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Mark, At ATA my driver defects are recorded on an electronic mobile data device and downloaded to me. I review these defect comments daily and enter them into our fleet maintenance program under a service defects task. Obvious safety items(brakes,W/C lifts and ramps, signaling lights,ect) are noted as such and those vehicles are are taken out of service. I then follow up with an E-mail to my shop lead mechanics to alert them of which buses need immediate attention. Other non-safety comments that can wait until PM or service inspections are entered into the program as well. When my mechanics open a work order on either of these vehicles the data that I entered automatically populates the work order.When the mechanics address the service defect task their comments are entered and I have the ability to run a Driver Service Defect report to track the defects from cradle to grave (so to speak). The problem I hear from my mechanics is a great number of the driver defects are bogus when they are brought into the shop.I'm sure others have the same problems. All the Best, Chas |
Gary_williams
Member Username: Gary_williams
Post Number: 134 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 07:49 am: |
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We have the three copies:pink copy to dispatch, yellow stays on the bus for next driver to see and after repair is made mechanic signs off on it and all the white copy comes into my office, I sort them for write ups, give dispatch the non write ups and post write up ones as work to be done as needed, safety issues done first. The end of each month the yellow copies are thrown away as long as all repairs have been made, if not stays on the bus! |
Ken Strack
New member Username: Ken_strack
Post Number: 7 Registered: 01-2011
| Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 03:51 pm: |
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I create a work order for each one and write the work order number on the Mileage Report (where the operator records the defect) The Mileage reports are filed by date. |
Mark_mitchell
Member Username: Mark_mitchell
Post Number: 79 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 03:17 pm: |
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We have an age old problem at CAT which is rearing its ugly head again. Driver's write problems up on Pre/Post trip inspection forms. It is a three part form which one goes to maintenance, one is kept by driver and third one is collected by dispatch. An increasing amount of driver's are claiming that they write buses up but the buses don't get fixed. I do not doubt this. Our system seems to lack accountability and I was wonder how other transits deal with driver write ups. Thanks-Mark Mitchell |