Swift

Yeah, swifts wanting their .26 cpm monkeys.

Alternatively... we are getting tons of fleetwides about how much fleet performance has gone down in the last couple months. lol

 

Hello all, I'm now a solo driver. My 6 weeks went by fast, btw they are talking about makeing the new drivers go 8 weeks with the Mentors now. Also they are now takeing everyone not just students. Let's keep the info flowing here. There has been just a little Swift bashing in here, however this is NOT the forum for it, you new drivers and ones looking for more input please ask, I have seen a lot of good info being past here, and I'm glad that is one reason I started the topic. To the ones that have been helping with info great job and thank you, like I said befor I'm doing this from the road on my phone so it is hard to post a lot.

 

Actually, the size of the classes have been greatly reduced. They use to run 40-50 and are now running 20-30. This is due to the fact there just isn't the turnover there use to be.

When freight was down and the labor pool inlarged both Schneider and Swift made decisions regarding "experienced" and "student" drivers. Schneider decided to close it's schools (some of them are now reopening) and Swift decided to continue it's own training.

Swift isn't the only company to choose students over "experienced".

 

can u tell me if u go to school with swift and pay all that money why do u have to go back home to take a road test?

 

Congratulations on going solo! :smt038
I am finally headed to school on Monday June 29th in Lewiston ID. After a month and a half of delays, it is finally happening this time. I too will try and share my training experience on this forum because I know how helpful it was for me to read DarkHelmet's experiences here.

 

Believe me when I say this is a good thing! Many times Swift's Driving academy is in a state other than your home state. You would need to get your license transferred over to your state within 30 days after receiving it. This is just one of the reasons I have chosen Swift over the two carriers that wanted me to get a Utah CDL.

But this policy probably has more to do with the trouble that Swift got into over the Millington license fiasco. The school that Swift contracted to was not doing everything correctly and a lot of drivers that held their CDL from Millington found out that they held an invalid CDL. Many of those drivers had been driving for 2.5 to 3 years when they received notification from the DMV that they needed to re-test and get a new CDL.

 

Sence I went to the school in Phx, they said there was only 2 states that do that(as of 3/09) that is only for money. That state wants the money, and Swift will pay for it for you.I hope this helps.

 

I love my blackberry for the on route checks on this website. It keeps me up to date. Congrats on going solo. The time deffinetly does go by fast.What terminal are you out of?

 

I will have to look at that! I leave for Lewiston ID tomorrow and my recruiter stressed the point that I need to have enough money to pay for my license at the end of school. My understanding is that I will take the skills test in Sumner WA after I finish the school in Lewiston ID.

 

Are you using just the Blackberry, or do you have it "tethered" to a laptop?

I have a real hard time using the Blackberry to visit forums and large websites. With my Sprint unlimited package, I can hook it up to my laptop and surf the web at blazing fast speeds!