Did Swift recently change their age requirement?

Call and ask. Conflict stuff like that is pretty common, you'll see it on required experience too.

 

I wish I started doing this at 21...

 

.21 cents per mile that's the swift difference!

 

Modern day 21 year old in a truck? Scary, unless its a farm or military kid.

 

You don't feel that the average 21 year old man or woman has the maturity to drive a truck?

 

Sad to say...but most don't...just look around you and you'll see...most but not all 21yr olds are still acting like kids, just look at how they drive cars..

do you really want that in an 80k lb truck?

 

I'd rather see more 21 and 22 year olds behind the wheel of a big truck than flipping burgers and getting falling down drunk every weekend. Truck driving at an early age promotes a much better sense of responsibility and independence than many other activities.

Yeah, I started driving professionally at the tender age of 22. The massive difference in maturity between myself and other early twenty-somethings who weren't driving became apparent real fast. Instead of extending my "teenage" years, I learned a skill and developed the ability to get out there and get to work. This is an ability that has been beneficial to me ever since.

So go forth and drive, young trucker! Relax, learn the field, and enjoy the view out the windshield. Just remember once you get that first year or so "training period" out of the way to go find a company (large or small, your choice) that fits you as a driver and an individual. It took me 15 years to find my company "home", so don't give up if you get a couple of bad experiences on your way.