Idleaire closing

As an EX Idleaire employee I think most of you had it right, we were a great service. The service is still active for those that before the closure put money on their membership cards. The company respects you and the industry enough to do this. It was those of you that could not take being told no that were the problem, not us. We were a service, just like YOU. We were paid to do our job, just like you. Let me see if I can put this into perspective for all of you, parking in Idleaire without using the service (or given PERMISSION by an employee) to park there is no different than you running 500 miles withot geting paid mileage.

For those who will miss us, thank you for your patronage, and for those that just parked, shame on you.

 

Shame on me, I guess.

I paid for your service a few times, and did not care for it. Of course You thought it was a great service, You worked there!!

I believe it was doomed from the beginning, right idea-but -wrong concept. Too bad about the folks that lost their jobs, that's the only sad part !!!

 

"shame on you?"

Let me put this from our perspective. I run my 500 miles, when I'm done, I want to park my rig. Where, pray tell am I supposed to do that? Why, at the truck stop of course. More and more truckstops were getting your service. You took up sometimes 75% of the parking lot, then told us that area was off limits unless we paid you. You came into OUR domain, YOU took away OUR parking spots. We have very few parking spots. If I only had a nickle for every time I heard "move along driver, you can't park here." The truck stops are our safe haven, our home. You invaded it. I didn't need your services, my company does not pay for your services, and I can't afford to pay $70-80 a week to park my rig with no reimbursement. "Shame on you?" Are you serious? How would you like it if I put up a toll booth in your driveway and charged you every time you came home?

"Shame on you?" You are the reason 90% of us are happy to see you go.

 

When are you guys going to remove all that crap?

 

The only thing I have to say about Idle Air is, it was layed out terrible. I run solo. I don't like backing out of those spots in a parking lot, the few times I do have to grab one. I never used the service. I undrestand the concept they wanted to run it all down one pipe, but they should have made it two. It would be about the last spot in the lot and some kit in a golf cart comes up after your logs are smokin hot and tells ya you can't park there unless ya pay for the service. Then you don't say a word and just look at him dead in the face for about 5 seconds, as he puts his cart in reverse and drives back to his shed. Goodby Idle air, paint the lines the way they are supposed to be so we can back in professionally, and pull out safely. Thank You

 

I have a feeling that it will probably be 5 years or more before all the equipment is removed because the cost will probably come on the truck stops. Removing all that stuff and repainting the lines will be costly. You'll probably have homeless people building shelters up on the rails trying to hijack the air systems.

 

While I would like to take credit as the man who single-handedly put Idle Aire out of business, I must admit that I played only a minor role. In reality, it was a team effort. We all did our part and "just parked."

 

I'm glad they are gone

 

actually i liked the parking after i learned how to back out of it. parked in idle aire this morning infact, nose-in.

 

This will cause most companies that were using the service to purchase apus.Hopefully with mass purchasing the price will have to come down to a reasonable affordable level.Idleair created their own bad pr by taking over existing parking area when there is always a chronic shortage.A better way to go would have been to open their own lots adjacent to the truckstops and add to the parking.