File this under I don't get it.
Fyi I was going to post this before seeing jenny's post.
I am the first to understand we do not ho into why certain decisions are made in dispatch we are playing a guessing game for the most part because there is no way we can be provided all the info that helps dispatch make the decisions they do.
That being said I do not get it. I have had two loads in the past twelve days my last being Monday from Charleston to Chattanooga. Soon as I dropped about 2 am Tuesday morning I headed for Knoxville because it seems to be better than Chat and a mac 19 showed no one in Knoxville. I sit all day Tuesday with no load offers, not unusual and part of the job.
Well This morning I wake up to see another of our family here. I do a 19 and see I am bumped down to number 2. Not wanting to jump to conclusions I wait until talking to the other driver to see if he had moved on his own or dispatch moved him. Turns out they did ask him to move. Now in the name of full discloser he had sat in Blacksburg (normally a good spot) since Thursday. I just do not understand why they would choose to move a driver on top of someone else when arguably Blacksburg in my experience is a better spot than Knoxville, at the very least on par with. It adds to the chance I will be paid another layover day and possibly get a paid move both cutting into company profits.
As I said we are not armed with all the facts so this could simply be useless blabbering on my part. We could also both end up with loads today which would enforce how useless this post is. That being said.
I just don't get it.
Ok I feel better now.
Again, no perfect answer here. They will relocate units based on what they are seeing. A lot of it is based on non scientific gut check, just like a lot of unpaid moves that the owner operators make. I think Turtle nailed it... just load everyone.
