Thinking aobut becomming Mentor, some ????

mark for awhile and that was cool...but new dm...is steve...he is new...green and wet behind the ears....just glad i dispatch myself mostly...lol...he will be fine...he gets back to me..so thats good...

 

Best place to take class is Columbus.. No ima not working until tomorrow that is if my truck is out of freight liner.. If not Swift will have to pay for me to stay here at hotel in Vegas.... Nice

 

While waiting in the break room at orientation I talked to a brand new mentor waiting for his first student to finish orientation. He said the mentor class was in Phoenix and was pretty boring. As far as students go, you get what you get. Your only preferences are male/female, smoker/non-smoker and that's that. You can't pick the race, color, religion, sexual orientation ...nothing. He said they gave an example of getting a Muslim student, complete with incense and prayer rug. If he's in the sleeper berth burning incense and chanting his prayers that's his business, you have no say.

As far as the L/O question, I have no clue. My friend is currently out with his L/O mentor. He got in the truck, drove about 2 hours and the mentor went to bed. At the 10th hour they swapped seats and that is all he has done for 2 weeks now. No training, no backing, nothing but turning miles because the L/O has had 2 negative settlements and needs to make his payments. He is only in it for the money. Bad deal in my book.

When I was a mentor (trainer in those days) we drove solo hours. Student did his 10 then we parked for the night, then 10 the next day and on and on. The student did all the backing, even the really hard stuff with me guiding from the parking lot. All my time was line 4 unless the student really wanted to work without supervision then we teamed it, but only on the last 2 weeks. I wasn't in it for the money.

 

I know we have talked about it, Steve becoming a mentor.. and we talk on and off about it... The biggest worry for me is mileage and mileage penalty. Is there and actual financial gain to do it? You will have to ask Steve what his worries are and maybe he'll chime in since his truck is at frieghtliner and he is in a hotel in Columbus. As for hotels we have a HUGE house with an extra private room, bath and living area to give to a student when Steve is on hometime, free meals, grocery shopping laundry cable TV and internet better then a hotel any day. I don't know if that is an option for you.
Interresting comment on the muslim student as I respect religous freedom as much as the next gal, I get daily prayers as being mandatory but I am unsure how incense is mandatory to praying. I'd have to ask.

 

Wouldn't asking for non-smoking students cover the incense? Smoke is smoke and you have a right to have a smoke-free truck. That isn't religious discrimination, that's a health preference.