Does every major LTL company has daylight linehaul routes for senior drivers? Does it take years to get these runs?
In any seniority situation, there's no easy way telling without inside info, which could turn out to be wrong or change. Only way that might work off the street is if a new terminal is being put online and you get in early. And at a new terminal things can change as they shake things down.
Thanks. I'm not a linehaul driver. Just snooping around. If I eventually become one, I just would like to know how much long would take to get a daylight run.
I hired with an eastern railroad where the seniority was so deep that 30-year men could not hold the extra board some months. Later did training for a western railroad; at some terminals there were new hires who were not finished with entry level training yet would be holding daylight jobs when they finished because of turnover. I briefly thought about hiring on myself, but that company sucks to work for and 2008 put a lot of them on the street. Get friendly with drivers from a terminal you're interested in.
Daytime runs aren't always hard to get. Some are shorter runs which net far less money. Some guys like that others don't. Depending on whether you get on at a terminal or a service center, it could take you less than a year or several years to get a daytime bid. You've got to pay your dues though, everyone does.
Look on the website to see if theres any openings. From what I read in other forum there was a hiring freeze in indy.
