Western Flyer Express, Oklahoma City

Man up and stop whining... you certainly wouldn't say that to my face. I'll dismiss your comment as one allowed since you're hiding behind your keyboard, instead of being a man and facing someone when you talk trash.

When I noticed the leak, I reported and asked where I could take it to get it fixed NOW. I was told that the ONLY place I could have it fixed was in OKC... and was told that ny the shop guy (Rob), the dispatch supervisor, the dispatcher (Steve), etc...

It took screaming at the safety manager to get the thing into a shop... and only after screaming. And I still got ripped by the shop guy AND he cursed out the lady manager at the TA shop - they're a class act all the way around.

 

I got a nasty response from their lawyer today, glad to scan and post the actual letter. They indicated that I manipulated the photo of the exhaust leak/flexpipe, but of course, I didn't, and they have no basis for the accusation except to cast doubt. There's no way the assembly photographed was manipulated, you can tell there was a huge space/crack, because you can see where a large amount of soot was on the pipe - it wouldn't have been there if the pipe was closer together, or it would at least be damaged, or look less uniform. I'm an automotive expert witness... I don't need to manipulate anything - never have, no need to vary from the truth. The truth will set you free, as they say, and I can give a full-blown explanation of the photograph... I've done similar testimony in hundreds of cases.





The lawyer also indicated that I violated some company policies, and that's the only way I could have been presented with a request to drive for two days straight - that makes absolutely no sense, and I did a screen shot of the qualcomm message requesting that I make the run in question... and of course, their server can be subpaoened.

 

Letters to OK DOT and FMCSA are going out next week - had some work stuff to do that prevented me from writing them just yet.

 

I tried two shops, where I would just pay for it myself, since the guys at OKC were being morons.... and a TA and a Petro wouldn't work on it because I wasn't the owner - so... either I drive it and keep trying to fix it, or I abandon the truck, take a bus, and ruin my career - a person shouldn't have to do that - manning up has nothing to do with it.

I caught three bullets, have a Purple Heart and Silver Star for "manning up", so feel free to pleasure yourself for thinking I'm not a man.

 

In my original postings, I didn't include this one line.. taken from the letter I sent them. Since they don't sseem to care what's being said about them, I'll add this tidbit - this was written in the same paragraph with the bit about the owner arguing with me over front axle weights and making me run overweight.

He and I argued about it, and my take on it was "I know that Randy Timms wanted to appear authoritative and forceful, but his message was pompous and arrogant, and it was received as just cheap and ignorant".

 

Still no money, no communication.... Oklahoma FMCSA is investigating...