HE CAN'T GO NOW! PLEASE EVERYBODY READ CAREFULLY!!!! IF HE SHOWED UP LATE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO TURN AROUND AND GO HOME AND PAY HIS OWN WAY BACK. THIS IS WHAT CFI TOLD HIM OVER AND OVER! Now if some of you here are willing or able to pay for a ticket back then great lets waste everybodies money.

it's about 800 miles from Albuquerque NM to Joplin ,MO ...at 40 mph that's 20 hrs of drive time if you were on a bus now you would most like likely be in Joplin by late afternoon on the 4Th even with the delays ,but if you were on the bus when when you first had the chance your Chance would be even better . Yes there was a chance you would not have made it,But by not getting on the bus you remove all possibilities of getting there

I would think that CFI would work with you. Bad weather is something out of your control. I would at least give them a call on Monday. Since there are others who have had problems getting in for orientation, maybe they will make allowances and give you an opportunity to come in a day or so.

Stop yelling! Who are you his mother? :roll:

According to his post, all CFI ever told him was that if he didn't make it to the Dec 4th orientation he was no longer eligible.

I am sure that is exactly what CFI meant OUTSIDE of uncontrollable situations.....i.e. weather conditions

He needs to call and talk to recruiting....NOT weekend dispatch.

IMHO...If a person wants something bad enough, they will do everything in their power to achieve it........but if Iron-Weasel wants to give up this easily, then IMO, he might as well give up on being a professional driver and find another career that is more suitable for him.

If the weasel gets upset over something like this and gives up, what is he going to do when he gets out on the road and has a problem.

When I called the main number earlier, I asked for someone in recruiting. If I go someone in that department or a weekend dispatcher, I have no idea.

At any rate, I told them exactly what had happened, and was given a "Sorry about that, but we can't hire you because......" kind of line.
They didn't have to take me in the first place as I was already outside of their 30 day period that they require. I had a special case and one of the "conditions" that I was allowed to skirt the 30 day requirement was that come hell or high-water, I HAD to be at the orientation on the 4th.

Yes, some things out of my control happened, but as a result, I would most likely not have been able to arrive in time to get everything squared away in time for orientation. Not arriving in a timely manner essentially broke the "be here or else" rule that was put into effect when I signed up for the December 4th orientation.

In retrospect, I think that I may not have been cut out to do all 48 states. Just starting out, winter time, and all 48 states seems like it would be a little overwhelming. Personally, I think that I would do better starting in a regional capacity that way I'm not too horribly far from home.

What happened is what happened. There are plenty of "coulda, woulda, shoulda" moments floating around.
Was it a mistake to not wait for the bus no matter how long it took? Maybe
Would I have made it in time for orientation? Maybe
Could I have been stranded in Amarillo or somewhere else for 8 or more hours? Possibly
Could I have gotten on the bus and had smooth sailing all the way to Joplin? Perhaps

Point being I was frustrated and was simply looking for ideas that were a little more noob friendly. I didn't really have any intentions of turning thi s into a pissing contest or anything like that.

I applied to another company who is located where I live, offers regional runs, has relatively few trucks (more personal), and always has freight.
I can stay here for a few months then go reapply to CFI after I have some experience and I know how to handle situations like this better.

I don't think I'm giving up entirely, just looking for a different mean to the same end.

His wife and I know what was said and what we have done to make this possible. And I put it in big letters so maybe some of the closed minded people on here could read it and actually understand it....I was obviously wrong. It doesn't seem like some of you can read very well how do you make it in this business? It's very easy for someone else who has no clue what it going on to say " he doesn't want it bad enough" "He's just giving up to easy". How many of you have been in the same situation?

I'd still call them tomorrow morning. I have a hard time believing that a decent company like CFI wouldn't work with you on this. I know you called them today but today is Sunday and you probably talked to some poor schmo that is stuck working on Sunday who doesn't really know what they are talking about but made it sound like they did. I don't know very many recruiting departments that are open on weekends let alone on Sunday. I understand your points but I wouldn't want to be stuck working for a sub par company and then have deal with switching over in a few months to another company when I could have started there to begin with. Anyways, best of luck :D :D

It's really not that big of a deal . He just can't work for CFI right now . It's not like he can't get a job driving ,and If he still wants to drive for CFI later on down the road he still can ,as that's the one beauty of a large OTR company they are always hiring unlike factory jobs where you may only get one shot at working their when they are hiring ,as all the big OTR companies even the better ones like CFI or Crete still have massive turn over and they are always hiring . He may even decide to look into local LTL jobs as well ,and be home nightly . That's beauty of a CDL their are endless job opportunities .

However as for talking to anyone on the weekend regarding not being able to make orientation on the 4th you couldn't have spoken with recruiting as recruiting isn't in on the weekends at CFI ,and I'd be willing to bet weekend office personnel isn't any better at CFI than anywhere else in regards to knowing anything in regards to PRETTY MUCH anything . But like I said it's not like this was a one time shot ,and who knows maybe he'll find something better ,as CFI is a good company ,But their are better opportunities out there ...including local work .