[omapilot]

That is a good point, most of the training carriers are about the same. Unfortunately some of us need training! In the aviation world, the starting pay at regional carriers is pretty low. I mean very low! The problem is that you have to invest 60k in training funds just to land that job. Most first year regional pilots can barely afford to pay back the loan for training, much less survive. But, just like in aviation the future becomes brighter after you suffer through the initial hire period. It seems like many people do pretty well financially in trucking and have jobs they really enjoy. But, you do have to start somewhere in order to qualify for those jobs!

[fireman932003]

Look at Werner's pay. Makes Swift's pay look good.

[Double R]

Originally Posted by Mark01GT

Yeah. I run approx 2500-300 miles a week. 12 hrs a day 6 days a week. But I'm home everyday and I have sunday off.


Definitly a hard worker - but if you went over the road you'd be gone weeks at a time, even harder of a worker! And swift doesn't even wanna pay you for it! I'm just shocked at how low their pay is!

I see that you have no problems breaking DOT rules since you can only work 70 HOURS before you have to take Reset.

6x12=72 hours

[ghost_ryder]

Originally Posted by Mark01GT

Swift is the largest company in america, but their pay is horrible. Why? You'd think a company as big as they are, they'd be able to afford to pay their drivers. Why do drivers stay there?

Pulled from their website:

"Example 1
• Dry van – Western U.S.
• Single driver
• One year of experience
• 2,100 miles driven per week
• Annual pay – approximately $41,112"

Only 41k to go over the road and never see your home? I'm with a local company here in FL, I am home everyday, and I get sunday's off and I'm making 45k a year. Why take a paycut to go over the road and be home less?

What are people doing driving for Swift? I don't get it.

Many are not able to land a local job in most areas without at least 2 years experience. It took a major hurricane in my area to allow me to jump on local jobs. I was able to pretty much pick what I wanted after only driving OTR for a little over 6 months. Swift is a good place for students to start out and get their experience. Its not a place to go and make alot of money, its a learning place or a paid school. Also, since Swift is so big, there are many opportunities and different opportunities for several drivers. Also it makes it much easier to get hired on and started right away. So a driver may prefer to make less money if he has a nice dedicated route. Money although is important, its not always everything in a job.

[Ian Williams]

Originally Posted by Double R

I see that you have no problems breaking DOT rules since you can only work 70 HOURS before you have to take Reset.

6x12=72 hours

You can only DRIVE up until your 70th hr. You can work as many hours and you care to. You Just can't drive again until you have 34hrs off or until you recover hrs from 8 days ago.

The last 2 hrs on the sixth day could be spend on line 4.

[Uturn2001]

I just love that this "You have to have a reset" bit is still going around after several years since the reset was put into the HOS.

[Mark01GT]

Originally Posted by Double R

I see that you have no problems breaking DOT rules since you can only work 70 HOURS before you have to take Reset.

6x12=72 hours

Maybe you should do some RESEARCH before posting. In the state of florida , you can run 80 hours as long as you do INTRASTATE driving. Once you go out of state your under federal law which is 70 hours... but I stay within the state so it's perfectly legal.

And before you can say "oh i didn't know you was only staying within the state!!!" I clearly posted at the beginning that i'm a LOCAL driver. We're allowed to work up to 80 hours.

Dumbass

[Ridge Runner]

Originally Posted by Mark01GT

Maybe you should do some RESEARCH before posting. In the state of florida , you can run 80 hours as long as you do INTRASTATE driving. Once you go out of state your under federal law which is 70 hours... but I stay within the state so it's perfectly legal.

And before you can say "oh i didn't know you was only staying within the state!!!" I clearly posted at the beginning that i'm a LOCAL driver. We're allowed to work up to 80 hours.

Dumbass

Just when did state law over-rule fedreal law? If your driving a CMV you run under federal HOS rules.

[Double R]

Originally Posted by Mark01GT

Maybe you should do some RESEARCH before posting. In the state of florida , you can run 80 hours as long as you do INTRASTATE driving. Once you go out of state your under federal law which is 70 hours... but I stay within the state so it's perfectly legal.

And before you can say "oh i didn't know you was only staying within the state!!!" I clearly posted at the beginning that i'm a LOCAL driver. We're allowed to work up to 80 hours.

Dumbass

MAYBE YOU SHOULD SHOW ME WHERE IN YOUR POST THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU LIVE IN FLORDIA!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM NOT A MIND READER(or in your case a MINDLESS reader).

Dumbass

Thanks for the personal attack MOR-ON!

[Karnajj]

Originally Posted by Double R

MAYBE YOU SHOULD SHOW ME WHERE IN YOUR POST THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU LIVE IN FLORDIA!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM NOT A MIND READER(or in your case a MINDLESS reader).

Thanks for the personal attack MOR-ON!

Um, well, he says so in his first post. Perhaps you don't know that Fl is the abbreviation for Florida?