My 10 day Orientation Experience with

Well 12 hours from now I will be waking up heading to the airport for my flight to Missoula. I chose to fly instead of being on a bus for 1 day 10 hours I think the time was. I was given the option to get a Greyhound bus ticket paid by Watkins and Shepard or to purchase my plane ticket and be reimbursed for the amount of the bus ticket once I arrived to the orientation.

I will give a short history for those who this will be there first thread to read. I live in Arizona, I was scheduled to being W/S 30 day training on May 1st, it is my understanding that was supposed to be the 1st class in a few months at W/S. Well the training was cancelled so Roxy my recruiter helped me with a list of AUTHORIZED school in the Phoenix are to attend. I chose Western Truck School it met all the requirements for W/S. I finished school on May 20 got my CDL and waited for the next 10 day class to start at W/S.

I am excited to get going. Ray who was the other guy from my class, went to May in Phoenix last Monday with no luck so got back in touch with Roxy and he was approve Thursday, by then the plane ticket was over 500 bucks so he took the bus he left for Missoula this morning at 1:30am. During school he told me he had a great feeling about May, I tried to warn him. We will also be rooming together.

I will be brining my laptop so I hope to have the ability to post updates daily beginning tomorrow upon my arrival. My buddy Ray will be there before me he arrives at 6:30am I get in at 11:20am.

Until tomorrow. (I hope)

 

Ray got there with 3 other guys 2 from SW Truck and 1 from AIT. Ray and the 2 from SW were sent away within minutes of starting the 45 back into between the barrels. The guy from AIT made it. Not going to say to much more about that since this is for my 10 day for Watkins. My opinion the guy doing the test must get some kind of kickback from AIT this is the 3rd time I have heard about non AIT drivers being sent away during the backing test.

 

Thanks I plan on using those trucks every day, even tomorrow when I get there just to get used to the trucks. I was surprised to hear we have 12 people so the trucks will need to be shared good for Watkins more drivers but bad for me for the extra seat time.

 

Nervous yet excited.

 

Thanks BIS, I just talked to my buddy Ray and another guy on his way to Watkins got on the bus in Salt Lake. He is from the LA area.