whos changing my pta?

Discussion in 'Swift' started by Zukimart, Nov 13, 2011.

  1. Zukimart

    Zukimart Medium Load Member

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    So strange. I awoke early this morning and my pta was changed 2x's..wtf??
    I've given up calling anyone at swift as I have better use of my minutes rather than listenin to the hold guy brag about swift.. uhhgg please.

    So I sent in a freeform telling the bozo in the box im not waiting any longer for a load, so either hook me up to one or send me home, as im not a baby sitter for big rigs. Better yet call me a cab and get me a room as I need to shower etc..

    My response.... *** PTA UPDATE *** im so angry, that its starting to make me laugh. So now my pta has been set for 0700, which is getting out of hand.. THEN I get a message saying to stop changing my pta and they will message the planner.. this was over an hour ago.

    Im serious. If I didn't owe swift for my schooling, they'd just be a slow truck I pass on the interstate. Mind you my dm's kick #####, its these #### night/weekend bozos that screw me over every single time.
    im begining to wonder if there is some special note on my screen that pops up and says "this guy will take yer abuse, screw him over"...

    ~rant over
     
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  3. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    Buy 'em pizza and beer. :)
     
  4. Tapeworm

    Tapeworm Medium Load Member

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    Hey zuki
    I think some of those pta changes are generated by the computer... Just make sure your mac10 is sent in every day, and send a mac34 to change your pta if you don't like the time that was given.
     
  5. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    They take that for granted when you sign up for the training . :biggrin_2559:
     
  6. Zukimart

    Zukimart Medium Load Member

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    I do my mac 10 34 everything religiously.. more than likely the computer but its being lied to I can't handle.. 2 hours now and no reply, load or anything..
    im going to wait 1 more hour then take off, ill head back home. Bet they freak out when I turn the load down for reason being.. uhh im in Arizona now, left Texas few days ago.. haha kidding..
     
  7. neal79

    neal79 Medium Load Member

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    Doing the mac 10 messes my pta up more than anything. I did it this morning and it pushed my pta from 0440 to 1723 "based on hours I reported". Good thing for me my terminal had someone in today so a quick freeform msg and it was changed right back. I usually try and do my mac 10 the night before to avoid this issue but forgot last night.
     
  8. Zukimart

    Zukimart Medium Load Member

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    Wow.. as soon as I resent in mac 10 & 34, boom 2 pp come across, then a msg saying based on hours I sent in I don't have enough to run a load and it reset my pta.. I just did a reset waiting for a load, lol.. boy they need to fire this IT department and get some programmers that can add n subtract..

    Nice thing, I pickup chep pallets 30 yards from me, but not till 11/14 00:01 then off to Fort Worth, p/u a load there then up to Kansas
     
  9. blsqueak

    blsqueak Road Train Member

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    I am still sitting. My PTA still shows 0700 on the 12th. Also a 34. Have not bothered to send in another one. Was once told that if you send in another it could mess up the first. Mac 30 still shows no loads up here, but a Mentor that just got MT last night just got a pplan, pu up in PA and head to CA. So much for us O/O having priority for freight.
     
  10. fr8monkey

    fr8monkey Road Train Member

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    just got the semi official word "frt is light this weekend may not get going until tommorrow" ugggghh! :biggrin_25521:
     
  11. Zukimart

    Zukimart Medium Load Member

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    Im giving my dm an earfull about what just happened to me. Ill be nice and all, but they need to know nevertheless. I mean by the time I can p/u this load I'll have waited 52 hours for a 317 mile run.. company driver or not, that's horrible. Will push me up to 2100 n change miles this week, but still, I could have ran way over 3000 easy..
    im finding myself shying away from a lease these past 2 weeks, as this is the second time this has happened to me, last time was in Cali... I really thought I could do a lease easy with the miles I've ran, but now im scared to even think I could run lease while sitting for 50 hours.. scarry, dunno how you guys sleep at night..
     
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