doesn't the owner of swift own that hockey team in phoenix?? i seen on espn ticker that ownership was looking for buyers

 

yes, jerry is looking to sell the coyotes. he made a real dumb decision to move them from phoenix to glendale after the results were in after a season's long survey. more than 85% of the people who took the survey said they wouldn't go to glendale to see the coyotes play. i was one of those 85%. glendale, az blows. not really much to do over there. all the good crap is in tempe, scottsdale, north phoenix, mesa, chandler, and gilbert.

 

:eek2::tears::eek2::tears: I don't think so... but... you never know!

 

Not sure on new drivers...was told today that they are not hiring experienced drivers until May or June...info came out of Tenn. I believe. They are probably still running the mill to make $$$. This economy is affecting everyone.

 

Swift is indeed still hiring drivers, but it probably depends on your location. Here in Salt Lake City, UT orientation concludes today and the class I'm in includes students and various levels of experienced drivers, a mixed bag of 13 in all.

Swift used to hold an orientation a week here. Now they're down to one a month. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually freeze hiring as they've done in many other terminals if things continue to deteriorate.

 

Kevin, you are so Nieve, quit trying to defend swift at every turn. Face reality, Swift is one of the worst organizations that the trucking industry has. They have lost many many law suits, their credit rating this last quarter dropped, which is a sign that they are struggling to pay on their debts, they have a massive turnover because they let go of the higher paid drivers to bring in fresh trainees to start off at .26cpm. All those swift drivers out there are so happy that they get to keep rollin them wheels making next to nothing, and never realizing they are helping to destroy the rest of us. Swift, JB, Werner, Scheinder, and all the other mega carriers are doing nothing more then destroying the rates for everyone else, and in turn destroying the industry. I'll let you in on something, these companies cannot AFFORD to haul the freight at the rates they are accepting, that is why they offer these lease programs, the more drivers they got on that contract, the less trucks they have to be financially responsable for, knowing DAMN well that these lease ops in the long run will not be able to afford to keep rolling at the prices they get.

A secondary thing they are doing to destroy the industry is to keep training new students! We don't need new drivers, the freight isn't here right now to support the qualified and experienced drivers in the labor pool to begin with! Why do they do it then, simple, because they are making a lot of money off of training drivers! They don't care that there is no possible hope for getting all of these people in a truck and making a living, they just care that they complete the training and get their government credits, and try to get you to pay the bill when they don't employ you or let you go, or you leave because you realize you are stuck in a crappy spot and want to find something better, which will be damn tough right now.

I know you think I am picking on you from the other 2 threads I have replied in, but I'm not, I'm just trying to get you to realize and see that you don't know the answers, you don't understand everything that is going on yet.

At this point in time all I can say to anyone driving for swift, is STAY THERE until you can find something better, because more then likely it's going to be a while and its going to be tough to find anything else right now.

Do I think swift is going under? Yes I do. At the time I left swift they let go of 3000 drivers that month! I see people throwing around such small numbers of how many people they let go, and in reality in the last year they have let go well over 5000 drivers. It hasn't been a layoff persay, they have been going through and systematically weeding out drivers for various reasons. Some I am sure more then deserved to be let go, but others I know for a fact did not deserve to be let go. They have been letting go of people for things as stupid as minor log violations! And that isn't even the true reason of why they let these people go, they simply look at the highest paid company drivers, and look for any possible black or grey mark to let them go so they can replace them with trainees, why pay a driver .31 - .33cpm when you can put someone in that seat for .26cm? And Kevin you can't call BS on me, I drove for them, I know this FIRST HAND, my old trainer whom I am still good friends with, has 30 years experience, he has been with MS Carriers for 15 years and stuck with swift when they bought them out, he has a lot of friends high up in swift, and hears a lot of inside info, which he in turn tells me. But not only him too, but I have quite a few friends that drove for swift at the time I did, a few still do drive for them, most do not.

 

^^^this^^^

and, now for a funny dog caption!

 

All Chapter 11 Bankruptcy does is get a company's creditors off their back while they re-organize. The real problem will be for SWIFT's competitors; they'll be trying to turn a profit or minimize losses, while SWIFT operates under the umbrella of Chapter 11.

:thumbsdown:

 

Sounds like somebody's a little bitter.

 

Sounds to me like someone isn't being entirely forthcoming . . Did you mean "At the time I had my rear-ender in the fog and Swift canned me . . "?

As far as Swift's credit rating is concerned, would you be so good as to provide a link?