and they can drive truck there too and some get to haul some really nasty stuff . Let's see what else to 18yr old military members get screwed out of......Can buy a beer. Can't buy a handgun.....Kind of a double standard isn't it.
Most 18 yr olds are barely mature enough driving cars, let alone a 40 ton truck.
While what you say is true.... some 18 year olds are responsible and can handle it...the vast majority can not..... since there is no way that I know of to verify maturity you should stay with what is known to be safe...as far as being too old at 71...I dont know about that....usually people dont lose cognitive skills until very late 70s or 80s, if at all...apples and oranges....
CNN is good at covering everything besides politics. I’d jump ship to haul fuel but will they hire me without the needed 1-3 years experience plus a CLEAN driving record? So I’ll just stay running line.Though I'm not a fan of CNN, but this article is just a glimpse into the future. Now it only covers gas, but other reports are warning that everything will be at risk. With the average age now a 58 for a truck driver up from 55 a few years ago. Who would have thought that even the big union carriers would be running CDL school, offering signing bonus, top rate at day one, to name a few.
All those years of hearing Truckdriver are a dime a dozen, TM's with stacks of apps on his desk and driver beating the door down to get in are no more. These companies are trying every trick in the book and are getting no head way and they scratch there head not understanding why....The why is that this seed was planted a long time ago by the previous owners and mangers of these companies. So go and thank them for all the low pay, crappy hours, forced work, and job threatening they did. Now reach deep in that pocket and I mean really deep and start forking over what we deserve.
It has come to the point were the mangers are almost powerless. Threatening you with you job is almost laughable. If your CDL is clean any trucking company will pick you up in a heartbeat and start you out at top rate with benefits on day one.
Sorry got off on a rant here's the article
Coming this summer: Gas stations running out of gas
Millions of people stuck at home for more than a year are expected to hit the road for much-needed post-pandemic vacations this summer. Good luck finding gas.www.cnn.com
most fuel haulers are not requiring fuel hauling experience. Most will train
I know that but here in California it’s normally 1-2 tractor trailer driving experience.
This is also a way to keep employees at work for cheaper total costs.
You are speaking about an age group that cannot tell time looking at a wall clock with hands you know. Most of them don’t know if it’s dark at 12:00 AM.
I regard to our training, we have a driver with about one year of experience in charge of training. I took one new driver, 21 years old, and had about ten questions on one sheet to answer at the end of the week. That’s it. In my opinion, our training, both on the dock and behind the wheel is lacking. A friend of mine that works for SAIA just finished a three day “driver trainer” course. We are asked-hey, want to take someone out on a ride along this week? We do have two driver trainers with great skills, but they can’t train them all. I think retention and follow up training should be stressed. We get a new driver, lose a driver.
I’m retired from XPO LTL and work now as a part time dock only employee at Ross Express. Just got an annual review and a dollar an hour raise based on my work performance. In other words... all raises are not across the board, but are based on merit alone.
The only problem with merit raises is if it’s dependent on management review it can skewed By someone who has a hard on for you. Yes in a perfect world it sounds great but in this business management loves suck asses and would hold them as the example. See it everyday. I’m sure a suck ass will be along soon to tell you different
some older drivers don't take lives around them seriously either
Hell our system isn't even capable of training those over 21...
That's because the company will not give trainers extra pay while they are training. So this is what you get.
Yes I worked at places that did that to. It does have it good point and it's bad points. It does work great in smaller companies but here not so much.
One of many reasons I don't like to train anymore.
Same here. There is no way I going to ride all night in that non-adjustable, bolted to the floor, no arm rest, non-air ride bitch seat
