Like pulling teeth...?

Getting into orientation

I orifinally talked to a recruiter in late Jan. She told me Swift would take me on with no recent exp., based on past exp., but I would have to go out with a Mentor for 6 weeks. Ok, that's fine (and fair). She then gave me a tentative Feb. 15 date, then cancelled that a few days later. It kept getting moved, and by mid Feb it was tentatively March 8th. In late Feb, I emailed her (trying to get her on the phone is next to impossible, and she almost never calls me back after saying she will) and asked to if it could be Mar. 15th or 23rd, to give me time to take care of some family stuff in Ohio. She did reply "No problem" but said Mar. 8th was out anyway, and to call her when I was ready.

I started (trying) to call her around Mar. 8th, and since then, keep getting tentative dates, again. Now we are up to April 19th. She told me that the reason for the tentative dates is because there is such a push for 'company' drivers. I asked what that meant, and finally got that she meant van drivers. So I guess flatbed gets short shifted. I realize that there aren't as many fb Mentors, but I'm getting the feeling that the recruiters aren't as concerned with getting fb drivers on.

Anyway, on a whim, I called the Greer terminal this AM. Spoke to a young woman who gave me the name of a person to call on Monday, who may be able to help out. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Anyone else have this sort of issue with getting into orientation?