diff --git a/migrations/Version20261016090000.php b/migrations/Version20261016090000.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d26d5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/Version20261016090000.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace DoctrineMigrations;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+
+/**
+ * Drops the staffing matrix's Busbegleitung flag.
+ *
+ * Whether a date gets a bus escort follows from the date itself: one with boarding points has
+ * bus travel, and App\Service\Assignment\AssignmentPlanner pre-selects the first of them. A flag
+ * per product could only repeat that, and less precisely, since bus travel varies between the
+ * dates of one product.
+ *
+ * Written by hand rather than taken from doctrine:migrations:diff, which also carries the
+ * pre-existing drift of the dev database.
+ */
+final class Version20261016090000 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    public function getDescription(): string
+    {
+        return 'Drop staffing_rule.bus_escort';
+    }
+
+    public function up(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE staffing_rule DROP bus_escort');
+    }
+
+    public function down(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE staffing_rule ADD bus_escort TINYINT NOT NULL');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php b/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php
index b28ba12..60e7ed5 100644
--- a/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php
+++ b/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ class StaffingRule implements BlameableEntityInterface, TimestampableEntityInter
     #[ORM\Column]
     private bool $guiding = false;
 
-    #[ORM\Column]
-    private bool $busEscort = false;
-
     /** Previewed either way; only enabled rows generate. */
     #[ORM\Column]
     private bool $enabled = false;
@@ -102,14 +99,6 @@ class StaffingRule implements BlameableEntityInterface, TimestampableEntityInter
                 ->addViolation()
             ;
         }
-
-        if (true === $this->busEscort && 0 === (int) $this->guides) {
-            $context
-                ->buildViolation('Busbegleitung braucht mindestens eine Reiseleitung')
-                ->atPath('busEscort')
-                ->addViolation()
-            ;
-        }
     }
 
     public function getSkiLevelCount(): int
@@ -200,18 +189,6 @@ class StaffingRule implements BlameableEntityInterface, TimestampableEntityInter
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function isBusEscort(): bool
-    {
-        return $this->busEscort;
-    }
-
-    public function setBusEscort(bool $busEscort): static
-    {
-        $this->busEscort = $busEscort;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     public function isEnabled(): bool
     {
         return $this->enabled;
diff --git a/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php b/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php
index e980701..2fd19d6 100644
--- a/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php
+++ b/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ class StaffingRuleType extends AbstractType
                 'label' => 'Guiding',
                 'required' => false,
             ])
-            ->add('busEscort', CheckboxType::class, [
-                'label' => 'Busbegleitung',
-                'required' => false,
-            ])
             ->add('enabled', CheckboxType::class, [
                 'label' => 'aktiv',
                 'help' => 'Nur aktive Zeilen legen Einsätze an; die Vorschau zeigt alle',
diff --git a/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php b/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php
index 6029973..3fd09a7 100644
--- a/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php
+++ b/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ use App\Service\Common\PickupOptions;
  * - with split, a Reiseleitung takes over each level through the combined profile, one place
  *   per level, and the plain Reiseleitung keeps the remaining places;
  * - Guiding is the guiding fee on every guide-type assignment, not an assignment of its own;
- * - Busbegleitung pre-selects the first boarding point on exactly one assignment, the first
- *   guide-type one - the plain Reiseleitung where there is one.
+ * - a date with bus travel (boarding points) gets its first boarding point pre-selected as
+ *   Busbegleitung on exactly one assignment, the first guide-type one - the plain Reiseleitung
+ *   where there is one. Taken from the date, not the matrix: bus travel varies between the
+ *   dates of one product.
  */
 final class AssignmentPlanner
 {
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ final class AssignmentPlanner
             }
         }
 
-        $pickup = true === $rule->isBusEscort() ? $this->firstPickup($destination) : null;
+        $pickup = $this->firstPickup($destination);
         $planned = [];
 
         foreach ($roles as [$role, $places]) {
diff --git a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig
index 0278b1f..76f88f0 100644
--- a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig
+++ b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     {{ form_row(form.skiAdvanced) }}
     {{ form_row(form.split) }}
     {{ form_row(form.guiding) }}
-    {{ form_row(form.busEscort) }}
     {{ form_row(form.enabled) }}
 </div>
 <button type="submit" class="btn">
diff --git a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig
index 0267cb1..80d61ba 100644
--- a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig
+++ b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     </div>
     <p class="pb-4">
         Für jeden künftigen Termin eines aktiven Produkts legt der Einsatz-Generator die Einsätze als
-        Entwurf an. Termine, die schon einmal Einsätze hatten, bleiben unberührt.
+        Entwurf an. Termine, die schon einmal Einsätze hatten, bleiben unberührt. Die Busbegleitung
+        ergibt sich aus den Zustiegen des Termins: Hat er welche, ist der erste vorausgewählt.
     </p>
     <div class="data-table-wrapper">
         <div class="data-table-wrapper__inner">
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
                     <th>Ski Fortgeschrittene</th>
                     <th>Split</th>
                     <th>Guiding</th>
-                    <th>Busbegleitung</th>
                     <th>aktiv</th>
                     <th></th>
                 </tr>
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.skiAdvanced) }}</td>
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.split) }}</td>
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.guiding) }}</td>
-                        <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.busEscort) }}</td>
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.enabled) }}</td>
                         <td>
                             <div class="flex items-center space-x-2 justify-end">
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@
                     </tr>
                 {% else %}
                     <tr>
-                        <td colspan="9">
+                        <td colspan="8">
                             Keine Daten...
                         </td>
                     </tr>
diff --git a/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php b/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php
index 7e57bd2..4af96a5 100644
--- a/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class StaffingRuleTest extends TestCase
         yield 'split with more levels than guides' => [self::rule(1, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true), ['split']];
         yield 'split without a level' => [self::rule(2, split: true), ['split']];
         yield 'guiding without a guide' => [self::rule(0, beginner: true, guiding: true), ['guiding']];
-        yield 'bus escort without a guide' => [self::rule(0, beginner: true, busEscort: true), ['busEscort']];
         yield 'courses without guides' => [self::rule(0, beginner: true), []];
     }
 
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ class StaffingRuleTest extends TestCase
         bool $advanced = false,
         bool $split = false,
         bool $guiding = false,
-        bool $busEscort = false,
     ): StaffingRule {
         return (new StaffingRule())
             ->setProductCode('DKIMP')
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ class StaffingRuleTest extends TestCase
             ->setSkiAdvanced($advanced)
             ->setSplit($split)
             ->setGuiding($guiding)
-            ->setBusEscort($busEscort)
         ;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php b/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php
index 83e6d49..0100c56 100644
--- a/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
             ['busProId' => 5, 'city' => 'Göttingen', 'street' => null, 'time' => '08.03.2024 22:00:00'],
         ]);
 
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, busEscort: true), $destination);
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2), $destination);
 
         $this->assertSame(5, $planned[0]->pickup);
     }
 
     public function testTheBusEscortIsSetOnExactlyOneAssignment(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 3, beginner: true, split: true, busEscort: true));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 3, beginner: true, split: true), self::busTravel());
 
         $this->assertSame([
             [StaffingRole::GUIDE, 2, 5, []],
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
 
     public function testWithoutAPlainReiseleitungTheFirstCombinedOneEscortsTheBus(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true, busEscort: true));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true), self::busTravel());
 
         $this->assertSame(5, $planned[0]->pickup);
         $this->assertNull($planned[1]->pickup);
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
 
     public function testNoBusEscortWithoutBoardingPoints(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 1, busEscort: true), self::destination([]));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 1));
 
         $this->assertNull($planned[0]->pickup);
     }
 
-    public function testNoBusEscortWhenTheMatrixSaysNo(): void
+    public function testWithoutAGuideNobodyEscortsTheBus(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 1));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 0, beginner: true), self::busTravel());
 
-        $this->assertNull($planned[0]->pickup);
+        $this->assertSame([[StaffingRole::SKI_BEGINNER, 1, null, [StaffingFee::COURSE]]], self::summarize($planned));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -127,9 +127,14 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
      */
     private function plan(StaffingRule $rule, ?Destination $destination = null): array
     {
-        return (new AssignmentPlanner())->plan($rule, $destination ?? self::destination([
+        return (new AssignmentPlanner())->plan($rule, $destination ?? self::destination([]));
+    }
+
+    private static function busTravel(): Destination
+    {
+        return self::destination([
             ['busProId' => 5, 'city' => 'Göttingen', 'street' => null, 'time' => '08.03.2024 22:00:00'],
-        ]));
+        ]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -149,7 +154,6 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
         bool $advanced = false,
         bool $split = false,
         bool $guiding = false,
-        bool $busEscort = false,
     ): StaffingRule {
         return (new StaffingRule())
             ->setProductCode('DKIMP')
@@ -158,7 +162,6 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
             ->setSkiAdvanced($advanced)
             ->setSplit($split)
             ->setGuiding($guiding)
-            ->setBusEscort($busEscort)
         ;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Service/Assignment/StaffingFixturesTrait.php b/tests/Service/Assignment/StaffingFixturesTrait.php
index a3e0a00..78253ba 100644
--- a/tests/Service/Assignment/StaffingFixturesTrait.php
+++ b/tests/Service/Assignment/StaffingFixturesTrait.php
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ trait StaffingFixturesTrait
             ->setGuides(2)
             ->setSkiBeginner(true)
             ->setGuiding(true)
-            ->setBusEscort(true)
             ->setEnabled($enabled)
         ;