Forced dispatch?

I've been reading on various l/p programs, including those here on JCT's board. But I haven't come across whether dispatch is forced - any insight on this, please? Thanks.

 

Thanks, but that's not quite answering the question. Say I have 40 hours left on my 70 and a full 14/11 - it's gonna be hard to claim a shortage of hours. However, forced dispatch also equals me turning down a load (for whatever reason) and being punished for it, to include having other loads withheld from me. I'm trying to find out the answer to this BEFORE I apply to JCT. No sense in not finding out before I waste more of my time and theirs. But thanks for your reply.

 

Let me see if I can explain why it makes a difference without coming off as an ### - because I do appreciate the input and I also understand the reasoning behind the replies. I understand that if the wheels aren't turning then I'm not generating money. And it may well be that I'd never refuse a load - I just like knowing that if I'm supposed to be an "independent contractor" then I have the ability to refuse one if I choose. Otherwise, I'm just paying a lot of money every week to not be able to make my own decisions. Suppose I get dispatched to a shipper/receiver that I've been to several times before and they've always kept me sitting for 5+ hours. Maybe I simply don't want to go back there. Whatever the reason, I just want to know what to expect. Again, I may never choose to refuse one - I never have before.

As for why I want to lease, there are a few reasons and I go into it fully knowing the pitfalls. I very much like the idea of being more accountable for my own success or failure. I see it as both a risk and a challenge and I look forward to it and accept full responsibility. However, part of that responsibility is beginning by being careful of where I go to take such a risk.

Ideally, I would run off a load board and get paid percentage, but I'm checking into all opportunities and structures and JCT happens to be on the short(er) list.

 

I wouldn't count being rotated to the bottom of the list as a punishment. That would just be what I'd have to accept provided I knew that was the policy.

If, however, some dispatcher got mad that I refused a load and decided to make me sit for 2 or 3 days simply to teach me a lesson - that would count as punishment.