Millis OTR journal

Students only receive mileage pay. Any of the extra stuff loke mileage bonus, detention, stop pay etc doesnt start getting paid till you get your own truck

 

How many hours are you required to be "on duty" at a shipper? I understand the concept that you can get detention pay if you stay "on duty" but I've also heard it is better to save those hours on the 70 for driving. That being said, don't regulations require you to be "on duty" while being loaded? How much do you have to count to stay out of the weeds with DOT?

 

No you dont have to be on duty to get detention and you're not required to be on duty the whole time loading or unloading. Show 5mins or so then go off duty or sleeper berth Conserve your 70 as much as possible

 

I'm learning that my family is easier to love from afar, as well.

 

I don't necessarily believe that throwing more money at trainers will increase the quality of training. From what I understand, our trainers already make #### good money yet there's still a lot of lousy ones among them.

I believe the problem lies in the fact that just because someone is a great driver doesn't necessarily mean that they're a great instructor. I learned this the hard way at my last job. I was a hell of a network engineer but I was absolutely awful at training the two people hired to be my assistants.

I believe there needs to be a more comprehensive curriculum for students incr they're out on the road. I think students should get priority over certain loads that present atypical situations that a student can learn from: .For example, John Deere loads and the challenges they present. Loads with challenging docking situations. Loads with strange check in/check out procedures. Even then you won't even start to cover everything in 15000 miles but you can cover more than if all you're doing is running back and forth between La Crosse and Memphis for 15k miles.

 

I agree with what you say. The reasons I think the trainers should make more money would be the added responsibility of having a set “ curriculum” and following it. Right that being said Millis is still the best choice of all the training companies. Anyone know why swift teaches their students to pull tractor first into parking spots at Truck stops?

 

I think the problem lies with the fact there is no one training method to follow.
Every trainer does it his own way.
Millis should have one curriculum for trainers to follow
Multi stops, lumper pay etc.
Send them everywhere from NE to S
Every area calls for different trip planning.
I have my favorite spots now just about everywhere
Just my two cents on it