With 1 month of experience there could be many reasons why he is getting short runs. Is he getting his miles for the week? As a new driver your only concern should be not wrecking the truck, pissing off the customers, and not getting any tickets.

Some company's won't even run a newbie out west till they get some miles under their belt. And many company's are running their drivers in regions based on where they live as solo's so they can get them home easier. Or they may have a need in a area to service customers and he got picked for it.

I live in the Seattle area and use to get run back to the east coast and run for a couple of weeks and then returned home.

Many company's test the wiliness of their new hires to put up with what I call driver abuse. Because drivers that don't say anything, or don't care, because they are just happy to have a job, makes operations job easier.

A company the size of Swift has little interest nor can they satisfy the needs of so many drivers, many of which they know got jobs there because many others would not hire them.

A load plnr plans loads based ion the needs of the company ,not the driver and could care less in most cases if any one particular driver is getting the short end of the stick. If he uses the chain of command which after the dm would be flt mngr, operations mngr, terminal mngr and so on and he is still frustrated with a lack of communication then he will just have to get some time under his belt and then move on to greener pastures without burning any bridges behind him.

Putting up with Swift for 6mo's will punch his ticket with many other better opportunity's and in the mean time he might have to just suck it up and deal with the bull and learn what he can from the experience.

Thats the same date I'm going to millington! See you there!

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Kevin

Im calling the recruiter tomorrow and seeing if they can get me into millington this week because I need to start getting paid. Money is really starting to get tight here.

So far, no wrecks, no pissed off customers and no tickets. I'll ask if he's getting the miles for the week.

I knew about the part that he would have to get it in writing if he switched companies, and yes, it is $150 a month.

Well, we'll have to wait a bit longer - he didn't pay it back 'til after his training was done.

Thanks! More great info. I'll pass along.

Once he got settled into the truck - he likes it. It's an '05 with about 300,000 miles on it - oh yeah, broken in

Just wanted to let all of you know how much I appreciate your answers. I'm sorry if I've missed replying to anyone...

still have a naval training center in millington? i was there in '76, had a good time and the local people were pretty cool.