C1 Fort Wayne My presepective.

Well I just arrived and checked into the hotel Rodeway Inn. It's not 5 star but it's on par with Motel 6 so not too bad. Yeah I know a bunch of a people have posted there experiences so I am going to post mines as well. I've met a few people so far who are in the program. I will try to update as much as possible as I go along. So far I have met people from New York and B More, MD...so pretty far spread. Stay tuned for an update.

 

Will keep you posted.

 

Today was pretty smooth sailing but stressful due to the physicals we started with a class of 23 and ended up with 18. The school director addressed the class first thing in the day and he seems to be a pretty cool guy. He was once in the Navy and I like people who have been in the military because they play no games or take no bull crap. He explained the school and policies and also procedures to the school, he even told of his OTR experience. A ton of paperwork will be done on the first day and you will soon sign your life away.

The Director also said that whoever starts at C1 Fort Wayne will have to pass the pretrip test before driving a truck.
This a good policy to me and will help me and all other students become familiar with the pre trip function.
The director also emphasized SAFETY and talked about an accident that happened at the C1 Indy campus when a student did not make 3 points of contact getting out of the tractor, so he said if you do not do 3 points you will have to do 3 points of contact over ten (10) times until it is drilled in.

Physicals came next and this was very stressful. We waited and waited and waited. They do simple but through physicals.

They are cracking down on weight, they will check your neck measurement and BMI (Body Mass Index). If your BMI is over 35 and neck size is over 17 they will disqualify from driving. So your best bet is to start cutting back on your bad eating habits. I barely made it. BMI was 34 and Neck 17. Also High Blood Pressure will disqualify you. BP has to be under 140.
Yeap so today was pretty good and we reviewed the Indiana Operators Test.

Will Keep you posted on Day Two, now me and the roomie are headed to the store. Update you soon.

 

Today was stressful to say the least, it was information overload as we were preparing for our CDL permit test on tomorrow AM. We stayed over until 5 pm. Nothing interesting to report today just overloaded and tonight I am going to get a good nights rest. Stay tuned...Oh btw Swift emailed me today to do some follow up with my CDL application. Every time I go into a new opportunity others always come up.