Said i'd never do this......

i sure am. my 2 yrs sure beats the 6 mo. swift requires in order to BE a mentor. how F-ed up is THAT !!?? Do i know everything? not at all. But do i know the basics of driving a truck? sure i do. But is Swift wanting mentors to teach students everything there is to know? not really. Can a mentor teach a student everything there is to know? hardly.....but the right one can give a newbie driver some good experience.

if you think a student is to learn everything there is to know about truck driving in the 2-3 weeks they are on the mentor's truck, maybe YOU should consider getting a job as a yard mule.

 

easily rattled might be your middle name....not mine, son.

 

you sure about that? it might be, if the student was only getting 5 hrs a day driving....but by the 5th day, they'd be driving a good chunk of their 11 hrs they could possibily drive. 240 hrs can be done in 22 days....24 if you average 10 hrs a day driving. They are on the truck to get as much experience as they can. You think i'll be driving when they have hours available?? LOL.....think agian.

 

you might want to take a look at another post i made a little while ago saying how i'd operate my truck. first couple days, the studnet would drive just a few hrs. then after a few days oding that....they'd drive 3-5 hrs....by the end of the first week, they'd be up to atleast 7-9.

i'm not saying "i'm going to force a student to drive 11 hr a day till they get their 240 hrs in'.....

 

22 days is basicly 3 weeks...unless you want to round it up to 4. what do you tell your family when you know you'll be showing up for christmas in 22 days...."we'll be there in 3 weeks"...or "we'll be there in 4 weeks"? get my point? its close enough to call it 3 weeks......for cryin' out loud, you guys sure are nit pickin' every little thing now arent we? Why can't you guys be refs in the NFL or something.....do some real good.