otrpetercar,
Chill man, you want someone to get you something? Man, I never knew any of the things you described, i just fell off the flatbed yesterday. This must be what happens when you trade wages and benifets for a fancy truck that makes a rich man richer.
All Chris ever was before the sale to Vitran, was a tax deduction for a rich family. Thats what they needed Kansas for, Chris accidently made money and they might have to pay their share of taxes in this great country of ours. Emagine that, making money and having to pay taxes! Nothing went to wages and benifets though, with exception of the
in Wichita.
If you put Chris next to the competition, Saia, Oldf, Fed-ex Freight, UPS Freight, exc. you'll see what a LTL freight company really is, and this is what i meant about a Micky Mouse Outfit. Don't take things so personal! Maybe someday they'll let us be real freight LTL drivers, with real bid runs, and real LTL Wages, but i wouldn't hold my breath as long as Chris has his people in charge.
As far as for me i only play the cards i'm dealt, it may be a s#!ty hand but it was all that was available at the time. I do agree with you on one thing, it's not going to be a bed of roses at Vitran, but they are paid well for their misery, unlike chris and thats what pay's my bills, not a big shinny truck. Oh, by the way Vitran Express is just one of 4 Vitran Corp. LTL Companies in the U.S., The other 3 are: Serria West, PJAC, and Chris. If they can pay the Vitran drivers and the PJAC drivers that don't have Doubles,Triples/has-mat endoresments, the way they do, ( and by the way, they are getting a cost of living raise 04-02-07) they can do alot better on the Chris side then they do, must be those great managers in Wichita going broke again.
The only people at Chris who are making a good living are the people in management that are manipulating people into believing that garbage.
Wow, wait a mininte, scratch all that, maybe Vitran is only Chris Truck Lines Agent, i've heard that one from Wichita also.
My point exactly, things are changing, heads are going to roll, don't get caught up in the :poster_stupid: desperation in Wichita.:TR10driving03: