Last one for 2019?

I remember them. I couldn't remember the name but I didn't think Fleetwood sounded right.

 

Just in case anybody wonders why employers pay close attention to a potential driver's accident and ticket history. Not paying close attention will cost them their company.

 

i would say at the very least, throw out some "feelers" and polish up that resume.

the kicker here is, "what if you leave, and the company you go to, actually is the one that closes up"?

can you go back to your employer?

 

Dang, Fleetwood and Celedon. Part of trucking’s memories now.

 

well, when you get to be my age, those memories fade away anyway's....

 

there were so many shops here in my area..

Yale, Valerie, Branch, St. Johnsbury (owned by Sunoco oil company i recall), Red Star, American Freight (now Fed Ex freight i believe), G.O.D., Preston, Carolina (bought out by ABF), and a few i cannot recall right now. many of those shops were indeed union.

 

Alcohol .....

A driver that was under the influence hit and killed a women and disabled her teenage son. In the companies facility !!!!

Misuse and abuse of drugs and alcohol leads to so much death , destruction, heartache and financial failures that anything else. Wonder if they thought about doing what Total Transportation out of Mississippi did when something similar happened to them , they merged with one of the big uglies. US Express could absorb that type of horrible loss. Say what you want about hating the big uglies but without there major $$$$ backing a lot of people would not have jobs , or at least the jobs they actually want.

 

FMCSA is a total waste !!!!! Typical government , only works for itself. It’s insurance companies and carriers that are the ones that are putting themselves out of business because they are the ones that have to PAY $$$$ for everything. I was a carrier and a broker. It’s the business’s that make up the success’s or find the failures all government does is take a look AFTER everything has already happened and provide a scorecard.

 

Sometimes that's a good thing,,