Obtaining a CDL isn't as strict as a commercial pilot license?

Also, if you hauled several hundred people in your trailer it might make a difference.

 

Because trucking has been recruiting from the bottom of the barrel the past 30 years so there has to be some criteria met

 

I was thinking as soon as a driver causes a mass casualty event on par with other mass casualty events, you can bet cdl licensing would tighten up. It always has to shock the entire nation before they try and fix it.

 

Politicians love cheep labor, because -

Companies that donate to politicians love cheap labor and government handouts they rake in for training and employment.

Didn't we have an incident 25 years ago as a result of immigrants signing up for commercial flight school?

You are actually asking two separate questions here.

Truck driving is less demanding than flying a plane: Less immediate consequences; you can fail at truck driving without killing someone. Much harder to fail at being a pilot without killing at least one person, and much more likely to kill many more.

Now, why people are bending rules to hand out CDLs is a different question. Money is the answer to that.

 

Airplanes have computers and autopilot to make the job a lot easier and safer.

What do trucks have? Especially when navigating mountains with ice?

 

Sending a fuel tanker 70 miles per hour straight into a fireworks shop can put up a fight to that idea.

 

The answer is cheap freight being move is valued more than safety.

 

Either way you can crash and burn ha ha ha

 

Is OP serious? A tractor trailer can't fall out of the sky and kill dozens to hundreds of people because you pressed something wrong on the controls or didn't calculate your trip properly.