Do you run illegal on your logs?

I definately learned alot, Dad was always happy to answer my trucking questions...and I got to check the tires with the "tire thumper". Couldn't tell ya if the tires were okay, I just did what I saw Dad doing. He'd let me do it, then check for himself .
I watched everything, learned all I could about the big rigs. Never wanted to come home. I even got to help unload the trailer on a few stops...I loved it.
Now asking all the regular growing up questions of why & how, ha ha, yea, my parents wanted to scream here & there.
I can say I definately appreciate my parents teaching me what they could

 

Jeez, After reading that whole thread, I'm sure glad I do the local thing. We still have to run a log. We do go out of town on occasion.

When I was a Flight Crew Scheduler for TWA years ago, we could schedule a Pilot up to 12.5 hours on duty and if he went non routine, we could reschedule him up to 15 hours on duty. And he, at his discretion, could exceed that if it meant completing a flight. So, even airline pilots had some leaway in duty hours, something truckers don't have.

 

So, do you mean that airline pilots can be operating while tired??? Or did I misunderstand?

 

I run a 300 mile radius of base. I haul cars, which is time consuming to the log book...I wont run after midnight and dont run before 7am, so I get my 6-8hrs of sleep every night.

I do tend to run harder on the last day of the week so I can get home, but never to the point of fatigue.



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Wow, that's scary...those trucking companies & planes...oh boy

 

Well you can do what you want to..But if I was an hour or 2 from home, and I knew I could be home and off duty this evening instead of in the AM after a 10 hour break.. Im cheating Sorry, its me..I would.. But as for getting to customers, and the normal day to day routine.. No...Only to go home..

 

hi iam tame i was woundering if there is away to look at a real log book on line as i am atending school here in schenectady ny to get a idea how its done ? i know its prob not the place to ask but i figured it may be a place to start..
thanks