swift fired me for two incidents and I just recieved my DAC Has two accidents on it

While I agree, this isn't really relevant to the topic. Mainstream OTR carriers lower trainer standards because of demands. If you only had trainers with 5+ years of experience, you would have students sitting in hotels for months at a time waiting for a truck assignment. You would also have 3+ students per truck.

 

That still doesn't make it right!!!!!!

 

Did I say five? I believe I said two.

As to relevance, I was playing with some of the other members of the forum and you interjected yourself with a comment about you not wanting liability. I was trying to politely point out you don't have enough Class A experience to attempt training noobs. And I again tried to be polite about your claims of experience. My memory is not that short.

The fact is, in this particular segment of the transportation industry, you are still a noob yourself regardless of the amount of time a laminated piece of paper has been in your wallet. Frankly, I wouldn't want the liability of you training newer people either. You need more time out here. I wouldn't want to turn steering wheel holders "trained" by a twelve month wonder loose on the highways in any truck with the name Taiowa on it. Clear enough?

These posts are in direct response to you. Since the original subject has been addressed and the O/P seems to have crawled back under his rock.

 

When you hit a inamimate object, like say boxes. Its your fault.

If your on a truck route and its detoured, follow the detour.

Thinking does not seem to be your high point.

 

And where did I say I trained drivers? I don't train people.

 

No it doesn't, but would you be willing to sit in a hotel for weeks on end without getting paid? That's just how the industry is. Even if you could get in with a trainer, you won't learn much on a truck with 3 other students.

 

That might be how they do things on CRE trucks, but four people on a single truck? Why be ridiculous about it? There are lots of dri ers with two or more years' experience who would train if the ay was more worthwhile. Excluding me, of course.

 

I was hypothetically speaking. If you require trainers to have more experience, that's what is going to happen.

 

With the extremely high rate of failure within the first year (80-90%) perhaps training companies would serve themselves and the industry as a whole better by more thorough vetting of students. Fewer and more successful students means a lower demand for trainers, lower turnover rates, lower overall cost and higher quality of ultimately successful drivers.

You're looking at it from the wrong end of the equation.

 

I have talked to CRE trainers, and they have told me that CRE does put 2 students with 1 trainer...in one part of their "phase" program. But only when the student demand is up to a required level to keep their student/trainer flow at a better level.

3 students with one truck? Si hable Espanol(?)...probably!

One time only in my time with Swift did I ever have 2 students on my truck at the same time. My student, the wife of the other student....we were back in Jersey making a delivery. Her husbands Mentor up and quit leaving him stranded outside of Pittsburg. I got a phone call from my DM, and the Mentor Director (3 way call) asking if I would have a problem picking him up and taking him to the Swift terminal in Jonestown (over by Carlisle)...I asked how long he had to go, and since both were at the point of about 1 week left in their training...I offered to finish both for the week. It was easy....she drives 5 hours, he sits 2nd seat and they switch at 5 hours....I got my 10 and take over driving, they get their 10 together in the sleeper.....I made it a point to hit as many bumps as I could BTW!