Article - Getting a job driving the big rigs

Ed, the Bloomberg article was the only credible one of the bunch. You posted the exact same article twice...or maybe you thought I wouldn't notice it. You use the ATA as a reference....they're the gang that are at the crux of the whole problem/matter.

Ed, I did admit that there were some sporatic shortages in the "specialized" segment. I guess I should have been more specific, I did mention reefer and should have also mentioned oilfield.

Ed, in all those article you posted not once did anyone say "CRAP, our widgets aren't moving because there's a shortage of truck drivers" but rather it was journalists quoting fleet owners who don't want their costs to rise.

Ed, the MT fleet trucks sitting are a result of driver churn not a shortage of drivers. If fleets would solve (I use would because they know how to do this) then their mt trucks would be filled. The reason that the fleets don't do exit interviews is because they know the answers already. They know their recruiters lie like a city sidewalk, they know their dispatchers lie like a rug in the front hall and the owners know that their drivers aren't earning enough for what they do. Solve those problems and their revolving door will quit spinning.