do fleet operators make good money???

just had a brief talk with the owner of a 150 truck fleet trucking company here in the midwest...I asked about if i bought a truck would he be able to put me to work...well he said no need to buy a truck that he would bring me in as a fleet operator not owner operator...he would sell me trucks from their fleet which is 2012 cascadias with 450,000 -500,000 miles on them...he said i would be responsible for finding good drivers that meet their hiring criteria...now keep in mind that this owner that i am speaking of is a good friend...he said whenever i wanted to bring on a another driver he would simply sell us another truck from their fleet...he knows one of my passions is to own a small fleet...i am sure he will work with me and show me the ropes after all i did some research and his company is doing well over $20,000,000 annually...now the payment for the truck(s) will be deduducted from weekly settlements...insurance will be deducted...we are scheduled to have a meeting in two weeks to go over evrything...my question is this...do fleet owners get paid more per mile since i would be hiring other drivers to drive for me..also i would definitely be a driver also i can't just sit around an office or something...i must drive...i did some numbers and unless i got some very good mileage rates i don't see how this would be beneficial to me...until we have our meeting i don't know what my rate of pay will be...he also said i would be responsible for maintenance up keep on the trucks...they could take so much per mile and put that into a maintenance account for me....can anybody give me some sound advice on this..

 

it's not that he won,'t tell me we just talked real briefly...but we have a scheduled meeting coming up...and all i am doing is just trying to get some basic info...i am very knowledgeable but there are a lot of things i am not knowledgeable about...i have been a company driver for 16 years i have never inquired about this aspect of truckin simply it wasn't time for me to move on...well now is that time...i am just trying to get a feel as to whether i will pursue or not...it would be impossible to go into all the details...this friend has donated over $200,000 to my outreach ministry, he's on my board of advisors for my outreach ministry...he comes and we go out and feed the hungry...he has a truckin company as well as a leading international logistics company...I don,t think he's in this to rip me off...but he did say i will take u by the hand and show you how to be successful in this truckin industry...he's not going to baby me but will put me on the right path to success...after all his success speaks for itself...so i was just trying to get a feel from other drivers about this...