student going with pam

hello all im a new driver in 3rd week training in asheboro nc at a great school,(FTA)as in other post i found very helpful i will post my time starting out with pam (decker) and give you guys and gals a noobs point of view as i see it and look forward to a great new job as a trucker!!!

 

FTA is a great training center to get your cdl training the instructors are very helpful and will teach you what u need to the pass the dmv test ,also they will tell a few helpful hints like saving money on the road and saving your company fuel ! i live close so i didnt stay at school but it is real close to anything you need while you are there..im getting with the driver trainer from pam next week and am ready to get on the road!!!!

 

ok i have finished my driver training with Pam driver trainer super nice guy helped me learn how to do a good job and the right way to do it..its was an eye opening jaw dropping time lol . work has slowed and alot of us are sitting waiting to upgrade to 1st seat driver i hear this is slow time anyway and with the economy in bad shape it is a bit slower,but im ready to get the wheels turning and lookforward to logging the miles and paying the bills!!!

 

finished training go home for christmas waiting on getting truck for 2 weeks and get the call im laid off after 5 weeks of driver training on the truck 10 months later and still no news and it seems unless u go through the training again noone wants to help.... and the problem is no one wants to hire without 6 months to 2 years of otr..
On a good note ds and pam wrote off my training and i owe them nothing for school!! so i have meh class A but no job!!

 

Yea they said never seen trucking hit so hard by economy and would call as soon as it picked back up havent heard a word nor do i think pam is training new drivers and jobs are still being lossed so i quess ill have to start over with another company at the bottom when they need new drivers ...