Thanks. I'm going to have to check with my recruiter about this omni-idle. I'm just worried about being able to use my cpap machine in the truck whenever I have to sleep. That could be an issue.
What is omni-idle?
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from my understanding the truck idles till the temperature reaches a certain limit. whether u can set this limit urself, i dunno
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I love newbies. They believe all that crap in the company bible really is gospel. tee hee. Good luck though Driver, Swift is probably the least of all the trainer company evils...God Bless America and Marky84 Thank this. -
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Aslo the opti idle in my truck when I drove for swift before was basicaly a thermostat, like in a house, in your sleeper. You go through a few steps to get it working, setting cruise control etc while the truck idles. Once set at your desired temp, the truck will automatically start up to either get the heat or the AC working to get to the right temp, then shut off. The truck starts and turns off like the central heat and ac in a house. Woke me up wondering what the ____ was going on the first several times it happened. It didn't take long to where I would hardly even notice it after awhile.
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Thanks for the info. My recruiter in TX wasn't sure about the CPAP requirements. I hope I find out soon because I recently went to my personal doctor, paid cash as I do not have insurance, and have another appointment set for 12/6 so he can see how many apneas I'm having overnight. This stuff is starting to irritate the hell out of me. I gotta find out whether or not I need to go back to my doc or what. I just got another printout off the memory card today and my average AHI reading (has something to do with how well it's all working) was only a 1.9. Anything below 5.0 is good. If Swift wants to put me in a room to see if I fall asleep then go ahead. I just want to get started with the training already. I've done so much so far and not sure what else I can possibly do to accomodate everything. I was just going to have my doctor sign off on my in my next appointment on 12/6 if he saw that everything was fine. Now I don't know. This cpap stuff is nuts.
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Thanks Str8. I'm hoping I don't need that test because I just can't afford it. When I had my sleep study done, my only one to date, it was 5 years ago. At a pressure of 10.0 my AHI was about the same as it is now. Apparently my auto machine is set at 10.0 as well so I'm on target. I hope they see it that way too. Keeping my fingers crossed and waiting to hear back from the recruiter. Yes, I would be going to the Lewiston terminal.
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