What would you have done?

We run about 9 trucks. Our newest driver I actually put in our nicest truck. He was an ok hustler but had a problem controlling his advances and making little repairs on the road without approval. Well last week I had him a load from TX to FL. He delivered it late Sunday evening. I told him saturday I would load him out of there monday back to NC. Well while in TX he said the a/c went out, no problem we paid TA to fix it. Well its monday morning and I call to tell him I got him a load out of FL coming back home paying pretty good for this time of the year. He informs me he is already 300 miles north and is heading home cause the a/c quit and its too hot for him. Now he never called to tell me it quit or anything just decided on his own to deadhead my truck 800 miles. How would you have handled the situation?

 

I fired him as soon as he hit the yard and the fuel he used for his personal trip came out of his pay. What was worse was we actually had a load out of FL paying us $1.80 a mile to come home on.