Waiting for a trainer?

Thanks for all the replies guys and gals. I got a call about an hour ago telling me to get with my trainer on Monday. Yippie!! Dang, I thought I was going to go broke waiting.

I will clarify that it is SWIFT flatbed that I will be going to. Some of you figured that out already even though I didn’t mention it in my post. (You folks are good! LoL)

I knew going into this that Swift has only 400 – 500 flatbed drivers. That isn’t a large amount of drivers for a very large company. Most of Swift is Dry Van. I knew it may take a week or 2 to get a trainer but could not have known that out of 17 people in my orientation class, 5 were experienced drivers, and 7 newbies were there for flatbed. The Swift folks that taught the class said that was very unusual. Most of the time they only had 2 or 3 flatbed people per class. Then having the DM take 1 ½ weeks off work for vacation has caused this slow down in getting trainers available. All I can hope at this point is things start to get a bit better.

I’m looking forward to getting on the road. Get my driving hrs in and get as much over all education as I can before I get my own truck. I know I have a huge amount to learn and I’m up for the challenge.

 

Chompi
That's good advice. When I get in my company truck I'll start looking at the options for tracking all reciepts and monies. I would like to get my own truck in the future but, as of now, I have no real plans.

Again, Thank you to all who have replied.

 

AZS
Congrats. Good luck to you! Be safe!