Thinking aobut becomming Mentor, some ????

The first 50 hours the mentor runs line 4 as the student drives. After 50 hours it's team driving if the mentor is OK with it. This was told to us at the academy and at orientation.

 

Thanks for reminding me. I needed this beer.

 

Good luck! I currently run a team my brother and just about every month we go over the 11k. Which for us is a bummer since we do not plan on buying this truck at the end of the lease. So we lose any where from $400-2,000 a on a good month do to overages, which we won't get back.

 

Squeak.... yes he knows... we talk about you guys all the time, because mostly I lurk... I keep waiting for someone to read my profile and say something.... no one ever does... Well Steve did... and any one of you might be lucky to see me at Swift swapping cars or some such, can't miss my car. I have thought of opening the home but I never know if my place is better then said Quality Inn... I do have 2 kids 2 cats and 3 dogs... That said the West Valley is Hit and Miss depending on which side of I10 you are on. Yes my home is open email PM me... I'll even drop said beer off at the Quality Inn for you just tell me what kind, how much, and how cold. I even wonder if a student with their own car would prefer it to the accomadations Swift offers. Hmmm bonus checks... well we shall see what the universe gives us... I pray to the Goddess Asphaltia for all your safety... she's also great with parking spaces, and pretty good with loads if you want to give her a shout...

 

It would be great if all potential trainers had your attitude. I would guess that there would be less and less threads about bad trainers and all of that. The biggest thing that concerns me is actually going out with a trainer. If I can't learn from a trainer then what is the point. I don't want to be out with a trainer who's sole purpose is to make money instead of train and actually make me a better driver which is why the whole team driving thing I want NO part of.

 

Funny... in Phoeninx, you have to begin shifting and if you are not....

Describing what you see...
shifting and downshifting WITHOUT grinding!
Looking and SAYING that you are looking right left and at your gauges
the mile marker. animals, pedestrians
bridges the capacity if it is posted or 80 k if it is not
intersection traffic check b4 during and after while downshifting describing downshift
but NOT INTERRUPTING THE INSTRUCTOR


THE YELLING BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its understandable,... I have 76 logged miles...I should know this by now...

whatever, I am still having fun and I caught a little streak of up and down shifting today that made total sense.... and my feet and arm and head were in synch and it was sweet... the instructor leaves much to be desired he just talks and yells and talks and yells....

"you are not doing this, you are not doing ___, you are not ___, you are not____"

No matter what someone is doing he is critical of not doing something else... then when you get serious and and try to do 1000 this at once and talk out of your nose... he gets mad because... get this... you are NOT HAVING FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I got lucky. I had Tom first then Jose as road instructors, neither is a yeller. They'll grab the shifter under your hand and guide it into the hole if there is a urgency to get moving but never a yell or any signs of desperation on their part. Remember, in 3 days you will be done and they will have zero control on your driving or life again. You can stand on your head for 3 days if you have to. But they are right about the having fun part, I had a blast in a newbie stressful way.