Regional/Local/OTR

What is the deal with this ridiculously stupid practice amongst companies in that they require more experience for local/regional than they do for OTR?? Let me get this straight. I have 1.5 years experience driving all over the lower 48, from Texas to Oregon to New York, but for some reason I can't navigate the metropolitan area of Atlanta? A place I actually know and was born and raised in? What sense does this make? I'm trying to find something local and these people want 3 years experience, meanwhile I could hook up with Schneider hauling all over the friggin nation tomorrow if I wanted to. It's just stupid. I'v found some opportunities and hopefully they come through but it's just astonishing how much harder it is to get a job driving 100-200 miles per day in contrast to getting one that has you driving 650-700 miles per day...

 

...BTW to those who will inevitably respond with that "seniority" crap, I can tell you right now that's crap. Hauling OTR is harder work and demands more sacrifice. I personally think it should pay more, but in fact regional/local pays more. I have an opportunity right now to get on with a local company making 1000/wk and be home everyday. That's twice as much as I made with Stevens per week driving OTR being AFH 2-3 months at a time. It's just insane how this industry works sometimes.

 

Yeah but...aren't I MORE of a liability as a brand new driver driving into states I've never been to before than I am with experience driving around the area I was born and raised in??? Who makes this stuff up for the insurance companies, seriously. It' makes zero sense.