Team starting out with US Xpress

I would not bring up the Asthma to them at all.

You may need to stretch the training time to 4 weeks of not much pay and a week waiting to get your first some what decent check too. I would just think if a longer period of time to be prepared for it is all. Watch what you are buying for food on the road too. Might be good to have some sort of plan for how you will manage money on the road and how you are going to eat.

Once on your own you will need money for scale tickets and other small things that you will have to wait to get back from USX too.

 

well ##### see thats why you guys are on here.. craig you gotta come back to seattle so we can go to the crab pot or salty's

 

the view right now kinda sucks with all the dust from the alaska way viaduct being ripped down...

 

so we talked to a recruiter today at USX and said once we finish school in febuary then we would end up going to irving for oreintation... the USX team we met yesterday at the freightliner in algona said that irving is there main hub.. really nice team.

 

I love our job. We are going to have almost 7000 miles for the week. Woooo hooooo just in time for the holidays!! Hope everyone is having a fabulous Veterans Day!!

 

Yes , my past 2 doctors have recommended taking an aspirin a day .
There is a notation on the standard FMCSA physical form for the examining physician to check for "respiratory dysfunction " including indications of sleep apnea . "
Respiratory Dysfunction
§391.41(b)(5)
A person is physically qualified to drive a commercial motor
vehicle if that person:
Has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of a
respiratory dysfunction likely to interfere with ability to
control and drive a commercial motor vehicle safely.
Since a driver must be alert at all times, any change in
his or her mental state is in direct conflict with highway
safety. Even the slightest impairment in respiratory function
under emergency conditions (when greater oxygen supply
is necessary for performance) may be detrimental to safe
driving.
There are many conditions that interfere with oxygen
exchange and may result in incapacitation, including
emphysema, chronic asthma, carcinoma, tuberculosis,
chronic bronchitis and sleep apnea. If the medical
examiner detects a respiratory dysfunction, that in any way
is likely to interfere with the driver's ability to safely control
and drive a commercial motor vehicle, the driver must be
referred to a specialist for further evaluation and therapy ."

 

That would be a challenge at USX .