DAT Trucking. Can the best out there make this deal work?

My trucker friend has just discovered that he also gets a fuel surcharge on top of the 22 percent of 30cents a mile..
But Do the math!!
Columbia SC to Dallas Tx at 1000 miles. 22 percent of 1575 was 346.00
30 cents a mile was 300.00 for the fuel surcharge.
346.00
300.00
_______
646.00
Now with the national average of 6 miles per gallon and average price of Diesel at 2.89. cost of fuel for the trip would have been about 481.00
646-481= 165.00
This comes out to 16.5 cents a mile.
Who would have been happy with the end result.
I ask you now who would leave Carolina Cargo to work at this rate?

 

I have learned that in the end my friend received on top of 22 percent of the load, a 30 cents per mile fuel surcharge.
after all the expenses and taxes are paid from his check, the fuel surcharge is roughly what he ends up with.
The upside is that he has all these lease truck tax deductions at the end of the year to write off.