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

You can easily turn this into a "im looking out for the company as well" thing, hey boss, if i get busted were both screwed. Me with my job, you with fines, im not saying i wont move a lift, just want to do it safe. Theres very little effort required to protect your money and my cdl at the same time. Actualy you dont have to do anything. Just let me do it right.

 

When I get a chance, you shall be receiving a Pm from me.

Thanks for the info. But to be completely clear, I'm not after the money. I'm after being happy and loving whatever I do.

I've "flown" smaller planes under the tutelage of family who have licenses and loved doing it myself.

Love the job you do and you'll never work a day in your life. Some people like flipping burgers...you know?

 

So you are essentially an owner/operator
That is really cool, I sometimes think it would be fun to buy a Decathlon and just teach aerobatics on weekends.
The point of my post though is that for someone just starting out the picture is not very rosy, as I'm sure you will agree.

 

I can totally identify with that. I soloed at 16, private license at 17, lived and breathed airplanes all my life. You hit the nail on the head though, to go into aviation as a career you have to a) really love it, and b) not care about money!

 

...so many people with flying experience...had no idea.

 

You know, that's the way I USED to feel about driving...and part of me still does. The regulatory BS, the ongoing trend to replace drivers with technology, and the ATA's apparent need to push for mandatory babysitting has me thinking "professional" driving may not be in the cards for me down the road, though. I love to drive...always have, always will...but may be more oriented towards "recreational" in the future. Somebody else can haul the freight and deal with the BS.

 

They won't let you onto the the dock and into the trailer because of safety concerns. When it's his problem he has concerns. When it's your problem he doesn't care.
We moved forklifts and automobiles for years between Calgary and Edmonton in vans by using nothing more than the parking brake and sometimes wooden chocks for the forklifts. But that was well before current regulations and the lawyer environment out there.
I've been in your shoes on a similar issue and held my ground, and by the way, I'm a real mouse on most issues. But when I KNOW I'm right then I ain't budging.
So either they secure the load, they let you secure it or it doesn't move.
Now that you're at point "we'll cross that bridge when we get to it", you force his hand and offer to call OHSA, DOT and the insurance company that's not going to cover them when they knowingly break the law.
In my case they actually backed down and they're wasn't even any retaliation issues later. When you're right, they know it. They're just used to being able to push guys around.

 

It's the rules, regulations and push for unproven tech that kill me. I used to service and repair computers, so getting to see what made that stuff tick is still a favorite past time.

If I can't dissect it and learn how it works, either literally or looking through a book then I don't trust it.

It's the reason I'm seriously considering getting out. Piloting may not be much better, and while I like driving I love flying more. If I have to follow a bunch of rules and regs then I'd rather be doing something I love.

My bosses at my previous job knew me well enough to know that I made my own personal set of rules for me to follow. They'd hand me a honey-do list when I walked in and it was done when I walked out.

Give me a task. Tell me a deadline and let me go. My own personal rules are more binding and restricting than what the fmcsa ever even dreamed about because I expect that when I put my name on something, it was done right. To the point where you can just look at a task and know I was the one that did it.

It's why SNI's micromanaging irritates me to no end and why I don't like the rules the fmcsa has come up with. Let me focus on my task and it'll be done right, often times better than expected. But when you get caught up in following someone else's regs, you're looking over your shoulder constantly to make sure you're not going to get into trouble.

Eyes on the road. Not in the rule book.