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Exactly.

There is no room for error with this new system.
Either you do it to the minute, or you can not do it at all.

 

It is becomming such a headache, and what is worse, not getting the correct info on pplan. Accepted mine last night, said 1000 appt this morning. No problem, and live load, no problem. Recd the dispatch, and all of a sudden, it has a pu window, 1000-1315, and show up, it is a pre-ldd trailer. The load that I refused earlier, it was because the pplan only showed a one hour windor, when it actually had a 11 hour. This is where it is going to get bad. Getting pplans and refuse because of the times on the pplan, and figure that you do not have the hours, only to learn later, there was a window that you could have made. And it could be a nice long run that you are losing out on. Right now, I see it getting worse before it gets better.

 

Don't fall for that msg that says "pick up and they will tell you what to do with the load" you will arrive at the final and still haven't heard what to do with the load. I am fighting with payroll right now for 8hrs of detention pay because I got a preplan then a msg say pick up as soon as possible drive towards final and we will tell you what to do with the load will I arrive and the final and nobody told me what to do with the load so I decide to deliver the load, the consignee told me it goes to the other warehouse 2 miles down the road, when I get the the warehouse the receiving office told me I don't have a delivery appointment (qualcom say my appointment is at 6a.m. I arrive here at 3 a.m.) now its 10 a.m. I sat there reply to all detention msg why I am still they, I receive 8 msg then get a msg to tcall load to terminal. Payroll telling me I can't get detention pay because I didn't send a mac 6. I am not the smartest pea in the pod but how do I send a mac 6 when the trl is still loaded. (1.Whose name do I put in mac that sign for the load? 2.Should I put it as a live unload or a drop and hook?) Remember the trl is still loaded. Those people in payroll be trying to say swift money like it their money, give the drivers they money it not urs...

 

I'm trying to get some detention pay from a load a while back where I actually did an 8 hour sleeper break waiting for the load to be finished. Another one was where I showed up on time they said it would not be ready for a few hours. Long about sunrise I got a beep, 'load cancelled' on that second one.

Both these cases show "Denied" on my DM's screen. They denied it because I was in the sleeper, logs show split sleeper berth provision for that day-- the rationale being they're not gonna pay a driver to sleep.
The second one was denied because the load was cancelled-- sorry charlie.

 

Agree, the one still big problem, is that we are not getting the correct information that we need in a pplan. No correct info, then how r we expected to actually plan on whether we can or can not do it. If I get that msg to pu and head that way and we will tell you what do to, then I do not accept. Once accept, I am responsible. Like the one today, pplan said 1000-1000. It was not until I received the dispatch that there was a window. Also my one problem, I do not like a computer telling me how it thinks that I should run. I have always mostly tried to plan my days to run only 8 hours and then shut it down. I do not want it telling me that I need to run every day 10 hours. I am starting to feel like I need a babysitter now. Even now just received a pplan, JIT load. Now figure this. I deliver at 8 in morning, live unload, so figure finish at 10, then pu at 1700. My clock is starting at 6. They want it in MD no later than 1400 Thursday, 500 miles. Doable, yes, but after sitting 3 days on the east coast because no freight, nah, not heading that way in the near future. Oh, it did say preldd, but not when it would be preldd.

 

The more I read, the happier I am with my choice to leave. Seems like they would have worked out some of the "bugs" by now. Regardless, I hate the very idea of a computer telling me how and when to drive.

 

That is the problem. This morning received a pplan that had a window, latest to load, 0915, 15 miles from me. I had a live unld at 0800. Now this 15 miles, Cinci rush hour, and it was UPS, 475 miles that delivered tomorrow at 10. I had to decline saying that I could not pu until 0930, to be safe, and not sure how long unld would take. Next thing I know, taken off me. Then a pplan that live loads at 1900,, JIT, 450 miles by 0800. They think that I can just shut down my body and sleep again after just waking up. I am not sure if the planners are even looking at the load that they are sending before then actually send it. Finally just to get rolling, at 420 mile 2 day run that is a live unld at 2300 tomorrow night. Then theyn stack me, pu on the 18th at 0500 on the 17th and del 0001 on the 18th. Try and figure that one out, pu b4 even del. Was then told, it is drop and hook on both ends. I this talk to my DM, and I explained that I do not want to accept pplans that have times in them that I can not make. Not seeing the window hurts because CSR is so quick to want to throw svc fail. I can understand what you are saying Neal, but they r punishing the ones that also want to run. As an O/O, I am actually seeing my miles go way down.