"P" endorsement

Large buses like the big motor coaches are heavy enough to rate your class A by weight. Throw in a P endorsement means you can carry more than 15 souls in commercial work. (Paying passengers)

I had maintained a P for a while but discarded it after a interesting interview with a regional bus carrier that did not go well due to the owner's discriminatory issues. (Deafness.) I appreciate what the bus drivers must do to work and all but it's not for me.

I would not spend a bunch of money just getting one endorsement in trucking school. If you are going to trucking school, then go all the way with all the other endorsements as well.

Having a CDL also prevents you from nicky picking car or Pickup loading, towing issues. You can do things with it privately that otherwise would be a ticket for being outside of weight limits for the passenger car license.

 

All the same cdl Feds call not state

 

If you want to drive a city bus, many (probably most) agencies put new hires through their own training program. It might give you a leg up to already have your P written test already done. Depends on where you're trying to get hired.