I am not planning on going with Swift but considered them at one point and never rule anything out. The 3-4 hours of drive time is shocking. Some of the schools I looked at were 44 hours of driving, minimum. I think I may have read the 44 hours is a PDTI suggested minimum but I can't remember.
Yea its if your not a person that catches on quickly it can be a challenge. That's what most people struggled for was drive time.
I catch on quickly, but 3 or 4 hours total is about 10% of what PDTI recommends. And I did check; they recommend 44 hours behind the wheel. I'd like to have 44 hours just backing up.
Well that is what is confusing. As a new driver myself/student. Everyone either recommends Swift, Western, Werner, CR England. No idea here who would be best to start with.
Who is everyone. You won't find anybody here recommending CR England. Only a few recommend Western. Not sure about Werner. Swift is OK (at best) you could do a whole lot worse (see above) But could do better also.
I'm hoping I can successfully attach a screenshot of part of the Swift document I received when I contacted them out of curiosity. Note the 'each student will sign a contract that they will work for Swift for 13 months' comment.
I'd go with Western Express off that list. Swift has driver facing cameras and can monitor your conversations inside the truck which means they can hear you talking on your cell phone.
Not technically true. The way it works, for the first 13 months you pay for training out of your pay check. If you stay 13 more months, you get it payed back. If you leave before 13 months, you have to pay them 3900, leave after a year, you owe them nothing, stay two years and it actually was free
