Haha..ATA has egg on their faces..

No driver shortage, only a shortage of companies willing to pay wages and benefits commensurate with the risks of driving a 40 ton missle down the road and the lifestyle that goes with it.

I remember asking one of the brass at May Trucking in 2010, when I was only a year into trucking, why they had adopted a low wage, high turnover, training model.

It didn't make sense to me...

Until he told me they were receiving federal tax write off subsidies/credits for "training" "displaced workers".

To the tune of $10,000 per at the time.

 

Don't forget, it's been the likes of the ATA who pushed the ELD mandate, you know, the one that was going to make the "roads safer" and protect the general public from those dirty, low life, cheating operators LOL.

 

I'm looking for a cheap Cadillac and can't find one ...Cadillac shortage ??