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The fella wants..... Owner to cover interview costs from AZ Medical insurance and a minimum of 60K Will run for 5-8 days out (solo) Will not pay fuel or tolls ============================== Sounds like a full fledged steering wheel holder . Then again, you could charge by the mile when he wants...

While I understand the gist of all you are saying, I have to add that you as the driver are not JUST the driver. YOU are a subcontractor running your own business. Have you posted your truck? Have you found a backhaul? Have you bugged dispatch? (contrary to popular belief squeaky wheel DOES...

Turtle, you hit the nail on the head, there isn't ONE company in this business that really cares weather the independent owner makes any money or not!!! Now if there should ever be a company that their pick of wa sh** about the people that are doing the real work then it wouldn't be long that...

Last night I got so mad. A guy came driving by my house doing every bit of 70 in his pick up obvisously drunk. He drove in the yard and almost hit my house. This guy drives for Covenant. Supposed to be a pro driver. Here is where I go on my rant if you want to be called a pro conduct yourself in...

Why would a college professor need to take up a job as an expediter? Is there a problem with the fat pensions that you college professors get; the pensions that are paid for by unsuspecting college graduates that leave America's institutions of higher learning with (three hundred thousand...

About 8 years ago, I was living in California and working for a local courier/freight company. (B_Unit) I was asked to help transfer some goods at the Toshiba laptop division in Irvine overnight. When I arrived at the scheduled time of 10PM, they were not ready to begin. I was offered to kick...

It does seem they come in waves. I think some are feeling a pinch because of changes in the business. The ones that are the most critical are the ones that paint themselves as an employee, rather than a business owner. You just can't be a steering wheel holder and think the money or loads will...

RE: What do owner's expect drivers to be able to d That is one of the differences between a professional driver, and a steering wheel holder. Davekc owner 22 years PantherII EO moderator

Greg, You honestly think it's wrong to want to hire a driver with mechanical knowledge? If a driver is running a truck and doesn't know where the dipstick is then you are asking for trouble. Plus I hear people talk about this interview process, and having the drivers take a road test why not...

>When fleet owners hire drivers are they hiring a "steering >wheel holder"? Or are you looking for a person that has >intellectual capabilites and can make discisions for his own >self, mainly because he is the one that is facing the >cirumstance at that point in time and knows whether it is...

...one person, doesn't work well for the other because of opposite plans.. When fleet owners hire drivers are they hiring a "steering wheel holder"? Or are you looking for a person that has intellectual capabilites and can make discisions for his own self, mainly because he is the one that is...

Greg, to be fair, at least at Panther, it's the dispatcher's job to dispatch, and it's the Safety Department's job to monitor drivers and loads for compliance (mainly to keep Panther's "warm and fuzzy" all warm and fuzzy in case of an accident). All loads of 700 miles or more, or back-to-back...

...up, however one must look past the dollars and see if it works on a diffrent level. I did not want to have someone that was a "steering wheel holder" at best running my truck, and had seen a total lack of interest or thanks in the opportunities I provided this school-fresh driver with. I...

I see how it is. if I don't pay for fuel I'm not a pro. driver just a steering wheel holder/aimer? sounds like dirty fleet owner propaganda to me.

...Freight damage, truck damage, lot lizzards, scenic vistas, or whatever, the man who said " a picture is worth 1000 words" knew what he was talking about! In this incident alone there were numerous PhotoOps. The best would have been the JB "steering wheel holder" having the cuffs put on! Rex

...IMHO. For many reasons, I just find it amusing, and a bit troublesome, that a company would choose to encourage the "steering wheel holder" mindset of a segment of its fleet. Placarded HAZMAT is just one small corner of the mindset picture. I mean, there are vans out here with no e-track...

...He's a real pro. He goes home every weekend because the company gets him there to see his wife and kids. Not because he is a "steering wheel holder". If I was a gambling man I would bet he is a more professional driver than 95% of the people who will read this. I know I look up to him. And...

No company pays for anything. Every cost and expense is incorporated into the charges for their products or services. Based on this thread plus other life experiences my educated guess is approximately 3% of people mail back reply envelopes. Presuming a million mail outs a month that's about...

ok greg, since we know detroit or anyone else will raise rates and the mad mothers will not rest till we are down to 8 hrs a day and living expenses are going to do nothing but keep rising because all these people got us by the short hairs lets use fuel as an indicater what in your opinion will...