Hey Mighy3's wife, just a bit of advice if you're in florida, and if you're husband has not already started his career with Trans Am, look in to Commercial Carriers, they are a company within Comcar, who also owns CT, i'm guessing your husband was referring to Coastal Transport when he said he had applied with CT, but as far as i know all the different Comcar companies have different hiring requirements, and to be completely honest with you i do not believe his 1 ticket will keep him from getting on with them. I worked for them in 2004, and was happy while i was there, OTR just is not my thing, i was on a regional position and home every weekend and made decent money. I don't want to say where your husband is or isn't going to be happy, but i think you might find out the hard way that Trans Am is not going to be a good fit, if his intentions are regional, then TA is not going to meet that by any means, take a drive down to your local interestate and count the number of TA trucks on the road in Florida, my bet is you're not going to see many, and what should that tell you, if TA doesn't have freight coming in to Florida, well don't expect your husband to be getting back to Florida. Just some words of advice and encouragement for you and your husband, OTR is a tough life, MADII'S husband is an exception to the rule in my book, you're not going to find too many people who are able to put up with the BS and long durations from home like he has, everyone says, and goes in to an OTR career with those magic numbers, if i can just last a year, or 6 months, more oppurtunites will open, well believe me 6 months can feel like a year, and a year can be unbearable at times.
WWW.DRIVECCC.COM, is the website for Commercial Carriers, give them a look and you might be able to save yourself some hassles, plus they have a local division he can transfer in to if he does not like the idea of life on the road. Sorry for the long winded message, just trying to help a fellow floridian out.
If all you're looking for is a starting point, 6 months with them seems to be a magic number. However, if you can I would recommend finding a better company to start with, and therefore not having to move later on, but, as in our situation I'm aware that not everybody can do that.
