Dock Steward, yeah I guess it is. they tell the coordinators many times what to do.
They will call down from Akron, I guess, and say "get those 241 drivers out of the motel and send them to 705 on a turn." Then many times dispatch does what they say, even if it violates the contract, i.e. runaround.
just let me give you a personal example :
I was dispatched to Florence Sc. on a turn from Atl. I took with me a Florence Sc. load AND A Ft. Worth Tx load.
I asked the coordinator to tell me WHY I was taking a Tx. load to Florence, she said she didn't know ,just that the N.S.T. said to because they didn't want someone running empty out of Florence.
I asked her how running 20,000 # of freight 600 miles (300 over, 300 back), in the wrong direction was cheaper than running empty. She didn't know , just go.
I got to Florence, asked if they were delivering Tx. freight, of course no was the answer. Term mgr. said he had 1 Atl. load. I asked if he wanted me to hook it w/ the Tx load and go back,,,"let me call the N.S.T 1st"
Wouldn't you know it they said "leave the Tx. load in Florence"
The next day I went back to Florence to get the Tx. load. It was back in Atl. about 36 hrs. after it left.
It was supposed to go to Florence ALABAMA !
That's why these terms. have #'s assigned to them.
ALL HAIL THE N.S.T.
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