bus captain

Etymology
From 🇰🇲.

Noun

 * 1)  A bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring  proper care for the bus.
 * 2) * 2001, Sintercom, Not ST Forum: Bus fare hike, Google Groups:
 * There is hardly any justification for a fare hike just to pay for and retain the bus captains, which was what SBS's Mrs Cheng had used as a justification.
 * 1) * 2016, Kenneth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore) 1 July (Online):
 * Go-Ahead Singapore, the country’s fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains by about 4.6 per cent, in a move that comes on the back of recent pay hikes announced by two of its rivals.
 * 1) * 2016, Kenneth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore) 1 July (Online):
 * Go-Ahead Singapore, the country’s fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains by about 4.6 per cent, in a move that comes on the back of recent pay hikes announced by two of its rivals.

Usage notes

 * Commonly used in official websites/advertisements and newspapers when referring to a bus driver in a rather positive way, probably in hopes of attracting more people into the line of work. Bus captains are however referred to as bus driver when reflected in a negative light.