All American Xpress

don't know who you ever talked to, but I've never been told by anyone in Lakeland that any trucks were "on the way". Just the opposite, I keep hearing different stories as to why none ever came (though that's pretty obvious now, LOL!). There ARE two new trucks lettered for Runway on the yard but I looked up Runway and they are only registered as INTRAstate and list dry goods, not produce as frieght.
Repos DID occur this week, but only 2-3, all in the same location, and none are going on any longer according to my source.

As for insurance, that was one of the scams I heard early on that AAX was guilty of last year so I have been watching my paystubs - though they should have begun withholding in March and started my coverage in April, neither took place which is fine with me.

More immediate concern is that it is 24 hours beyond our payday and though I've never had a missed check, mine still has not been direct deposited. I have two pay periods and a large expense reimbursement due, so I may take a big hit if they indeed are going down for the last time, but at least I'm back in Chattanooga.

I just got off the phone with one of our 'gang of 4' (who were there when our trucks were repo'd last week) and they report the following -
* last night's fuel interuption was the same as all the others - a temporary thing as funds are shifted around - fueling resumed this morning;
* there were several repo's that took place in Ogden, UT 2 days ago but it is not system wide - there are not repo people ready to spring out of bushes throughout the US to grab up 5 year old rigs with 700,000 miles on them, LOL! The repo people had been tipped off (again, probably by the former CEO who just got canned) so they were waiting at one of our receivers where we deliver daily. There have been NO further repos since those occured on Monday;
* the repo situation has been resolved through the lawyers and trucks on the road are safe to continue on the road; drivers continue to get loads in FL, deliver out west, and deliver back to Publix in Lakeland;
* of our group of 4, I came home, two are back in other trucks driving, and the other is getting a truck in the morning (as I reported last week, the shop has been bringing out of service trucks back into service and they are being reassigned as the work is completed); that means there are 3 of us without trucks, fewer if the two from Utah quit, which they probably did (obviously there are many driver's quitting so there actually should be extra trucks this week). The one driver remaining in Lakeland is still having the layover/motel paid by AAX and is even doing day work for hourly pay while waiting to move their gear into a truck in the morning;
* lastly, payroll, IS delayed. There was a notice sent company wide on Monday that Tues payroll would be a day late, then yesterday another saying it was being pushed back to Friday. I'll post Friday if that is indeed how it works out;
* no info about worker's comp, but it seems that health coverage insurance HAS been discontinued for all drivers but I suspect that occured long ago and driver's simply weren't told.

Drvrtech77 : as I've pointed out previously in this thread, it is not the owner, Jamal Lewis, who is guilty of the fraud regarding insurance, it is the two partners who he had running the company (he was never involved in the day to day ops and decisions, he was just the owner). He has been trying to put out the brush fires of theft, fraud, and corruption that they have been responsible for and he has been blind to. Obviously his attempts to straighten up the mess were too little too late and the financials overwhelmed him. From what I understand from people in the office in Lakeland last week, he has pretty much been scrambling with lawyers for the past 10 days to try to keep the ship afloat long enough to get everyone over to a new company that he set up a couple of months ago for just this purpose (to remove the other two completely from any connection to his future business).

Bulletproof : I'm the OP and yes, I was the one who when they repo'd the 7 trucks last week refused to stay in Lakeland to wait - I packed my gear up and came home.
I still intend to check in Friday to see if a truck is ready for me and more importantly, if my paycheck has been deposited.

Everything seems to be going as I predicted 2 weeks ago - AAX is covering its butt legally by moving towards bankruptcy to have court protection from debtors while the fued between the owner and the former CEOs is battled in court. Meanwhile things are moving forward to shift all employee assets to a new company, "Runway" and bills are being paid at least on a day to day basis.
I'm not confident this will happen by May 2nd as was intended but everything seems to be in place for it to occur sometime in the next few months.

I'll post again if I hear more during the week but today's posting by 'concerned trucker' show that even drivers within the company don't neccessarily know what is going on and are reacting to the rumor mill. If I were on the road, I would be planning to park my truck at the earliest time possible, go home, and let the company know I won't return until everything is resolved and my pay is up to date.(I would also get on-line and get my own health insurance!). I'm currently looking for other work, but am going to wait at least until this weekend to make a final decision whether to jump ship or extend my leave another week and see how things pan out by early May.