Am I screwed?
#21
02-23-2009, 02:03 AM
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SW Desert, nowhere else man!!
Posts: 641
what else did they let you go for? having one preventable (unless it was a forbidden 5) isnt grounds for termination. I had one, my 3rd day going solo, i tried to back into a dock where it was VERY VERY little room to turn the trailer. I never put it in reverse, and was in the process of pulling away cause i didnt like how little room i had. I BARELY scraped the chrome off the grille of another swift truck, no crack, no break, just scraped some silver off. And the guy i 'hit' had been solo for 8 months, and had 3 preventables.
so whats the real story?? high idle and/or decline too many loads?? I put 13 months in with them and I was said to have 3, but the one of the backing incidents was due to an erratic, 4-wheeler cutting through the lot at high speeds and causing me to clip the front bumper on a planter curbing. Last I checked though, the Fontana terminal still wasn't doing any rehires up to this point. I managed to get 7 months in with the O/O I was with until he shut his trucks down last month. I'm wanting to go speak to my old D/M and the recruiter in person, but with no vehicle to get me safely down the Ca(blown) Pass, I'm somewhat at a disadvantage for now. DAC/USIS, Driverfacts aside, my DMV H6 doesn't list any of these and I remain free of any tickets or DUI counts.
#22
02-27-2009, 01:26 PM
Goodluck man, im from the same poor ass state. I was lucky to get with Superior right before all hell broke loose. Im not balls out but atleast I have a job I guess. Trucking jobs up here are few and far between right now. Are you strictly set on class A?
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