Help!!! I'm being forced to haul a unsecured forklift

I know that every trailer is different, but the inside of our trailer is fitted with rails that run up to the top of the trailer. Do you have something like that in yours?

And how much does each of those pallets of plastic weigh? It isn't ideal, but it may be possible to tether and secure using the pallets...

 

I was a dock monkey for a lower 48 ltl co. A long while back, forks werr nail chocked and 2 to 4 2" e track ratchet straps, corners to low points on the walls. Shiped all over the counrty like that. That being said if i dont like a load i wont move the truck. Tell em they ever "hide" a unsecure peice of equip. The dot will be the least of there worries.

 

You said you work for a trucking company. You have said nothing about talking to your actual boss.

 

If something happens along the way and it results in injury/death, WHO IS HEADING TO JAIL?

Not the owner of the company.

Not the warehouse manager.

Not the dock worker who loaded the truck.

Not the owner of the forklift.

The ultimate responsibility for the load falls upon the DRIVER. ALWAYS secure the load. ALWAYS.

 

New jobs are a dime a dozen. Change jobs; shouldn't take over 24 hours.
I wouldn't even get involved in the whistleblower stuff; keep life simple and change jobs ASAP.
Calmly walk away.

 

Take a pic of the securment requirements page, then find the fee's and fine's spread sheet. Email them to him and the bigger boss. Ask what part of these laws do they want you to break? Email response only, thanks.

 

Newly minted commercial pilots don't get hired by "large, very stable and reputable carriers". Your first job will be as a flight instructor, which pays very little but is about the only way to build up to the 1500 hours you need for your ATP license (this takes years), which is now the minimum qualification to occupy the right seat for a commuter airline.

I have been a private pilot for many years and am presently doing a mid-life career change, getting out of the computer business. I already have my instrument rating, so I would just need to add on the commercial and flight instructor licenses, probably at a cost of around $10K, all so I can get a job as a flight instructor making (in all likelihood) less than $24K per year.

As much as I love flying, I can't recommend it as a career choice.

Finally, let me address your point about "a test of the pilot and their skill for storms" - the skill lies in exercising the judgment to stay the hell away from the storms in the first place. "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots."

If student pilots could make $40K+ their first year on the job for an investment in training of $6K or less, like a certain other industry, they would pee themselves with joy (keeping it on topic )