Rasionalitas Supir Trayek Lintas Kota Medan Amplas Tebing-Tinggi Mengelola Pendapatan Selama Pandemi Covid 19 Tahun 2020

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic is a social disaster that causes death and becomes a social problem in society. Therefore, the Government made regulations, namely by establishing a PSBB policy that forced the community to be more adaptive to various forms of change that occurred, one of which had an impact, namely city transportation drivers, especially transportation drivers for the City of Medan Amplas-Tebing Tinggi. City transport drivers get income from the number of passengers. However, due to the pandemic, the number of city transport passengers has decreased and resulted in their income dropping drastically. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive approach using Max Weber's theory of rationality. The purpose of this study was to find out and understand how the rationality of the Medan Amplas-Tebing Tinggi cross-city route drivers manages income during the co-19 pandemic. Data collection was carried out by means of observation, interviews, and documentation. To determine the informant researchers used Purposive Sampling. There were two types of informants used, namely the 10 main informants, namely the drivers of the Medan Amplas-Tebing cross-city route and additional informants, namely transportation companies. As for the interpretation of the data used by the researcher, it was carried out in stages starting from observing, documenting, and field notes. The results of this study can be found 3 types of Rationality, namely Instrumental Rationality, Value Rationality, and Affective Rationality. I n the data findings, it is known that there were several actions by Medan Amplas - Tebing cross-city transport drivers managing income during the Covid-19 pandemic, namely by adding side jobs besides pulling transportation and utilizing assistance from the government in order to survive, this is included in Instrumental Rationality. The reason for Value Rationality is to show that adding jobs, asking for help from family, and borrowing money from friends or friends is the right choice for trans-City Medan Amplas – Tebing transportation drivers to cover their family needs during the Covid-19 pandemic. One research result that shows Affective Rationality is by reducing the daily needs of cross-city transportation drivers from Medan Amplas to Tebing due to the Covid-19 pandemic which is carried out spontaneously under conditions of decreased income.