Why 60,000 miles & or 3-4 months training?

I will be attending Primes company driver orientation on June 10,2009 having already obtained my cdl & as many others already know my pain when i say i have searched high n low all thruout middle earth & everything in between before making my decision to join on to Prime. The one thing i havent really seen answered in these forums is why does Prime have such a long training period, 60,000 miles or 3-4 months before you earn your wings & fly solo.?

I have done the math & searched line by line many other companys & i think the majority of them want maybe a minimum of 28-40 days? Then you stand alone & go off and prove your worth. Now please understand im not complaining as i would much rather have a much richer learning curve to better myself in the future but it's just something i was curious about.

Thx in advance guys.

 

Well all i can say is the school i attended works hand in hand w/ MANY different trucking companys thruout the industry,Prime being one of them & the school incorporates a job placement program at or before you graduate school and obtain your cdl. They have you fill out anywhere from 5-15 applications & they buzz em off to all these different Trucking companys & basically you sit & wait for your job placement coordinator to contact you saying "Hey, you got a job". You then follow up & speak w/ your recruiter & make arrangements.

So, here ( I ) am, lol.

I have heard the same thing thruout not just this forum but a select few others i along w/ U2,iron & a few others frequent, thats rite U2 , i post at a similar forum & you never knew,lol.

Back on subject i heard Prime wasnt accepting cdl drivers either & i was hesitant but when i spoke w/ my recruiter she invited me down, does this mean i have a job? I dont know, your guess is as good as mine. I'm sure i have to prove to them like anyone else i'm road worthy & not just another hot headed flunky!

 

Well nothin for nothin i meant to include time served at the cdl school i went to & it slipped my mind, the school i went to was an upstanding school in MY opinion, i was trained on campus in a class room in excess of 6 weeks 4 days a week 8hr days. I was then trained on site in the yard in excess of 7 or so weeks 8hr days 3 days a week in maneuvers/pre-trip/mechanics etc.

The last 3 or 4 weeks we did road 8hr days 3 days a week up until graduation. All in all i beleive we had somewhere in the neighborhood of 70-80hrs driving time (Not legitimate facts,rough guess). Dont have my paperwork here in front of me.

So what im getting at is this wasnt just your run of the mill 2 week course take a test and bing bang boom your done! We actually was taught rather than rushed thru everything. All in all it wound up being a 16 week course. And from what im gathering with prime is now i get to do that entire 16 week course all over again which is fine with me i mean as i said earlier i want a rich learning experience and have the best knowledge overall before hitting the road.