Originally Posted by mikey4069
I have never worked for jb or cfi so i dont know much about them . but i would work for cfi and not jb.
I'll admit, I get a more than a little bit touchy when someone tries to dis' CFI or their drivers. I never drove for them, but had an offer to drive for them right before I came off the road. I will admit that I would not have reacted so strongly if this had involved just about any other company out there.
CFI is an exception, and as far as I'm concerned, for good reason!!
Here are a few reasons why I say that:
Like just about every other noobie out there, I was not born with a steering wheel in one hand and a gear shift in the other one, and there were times when I struggled. (The difference is that I'll admit to it!!) :D
Not long after I began running solo, one night I was headed Eastbound on IH 10 in Southern La. I found myself driving in a blinding rain storm; needed to pull off and shut down, but driving over the swampland, there was nowhere to do it. As Blessings would have it, I had a CFI driver behind me. I told him that I was still pretty new, and he stayed behind me, and coached me through it the entire time, offering advice and encouragement. None of this "noobie put-down" crap. Being a relatively new driver, it brought me a great deal of comfort.
On another occasion, I was headed down the "Chicken Hauler's Highway" (N.M Hwy. 54 from South of Lordsburg down to Las Cruces)) late one night, when the alternator in my truck decided to take early retirement. My cell phone was out of range, there was very little in the way of traffic; this is one of the few "quiet, lonesome backroads left!!) THankfully, I had a CFI truck was in front of me. I talked to the CFI driver on the CB, shut down everything that I could to preserve what power I had left, and he stayed with me the entire time. Well, I made it through the mountains, but not quite to the T/A truck stop in Las Cruses, N.M. He stayed with me, loaned me his cell phone, and didn't leave until the wrecker arrived.
I offered to pay him something; he wouldn't take anything, except to ask that I be willing to help another driver who might need it some day.
I'm not saying that there are not good drivers driving for other companies, but I will say that I never had anything but a good experience dealing with CFI or Melton drivers. They have always seemed a cut above their competition to me. So, when I hear a recruiter for another company make mention of "starting a war", with somebody from CFI, it hits a pretty strong chord with me.
It's like,"If you dis' CFI or Melton, or one of their people, then you are dissin' one of my brothers (or, sisters, as the case may be!!)!!"
BTW, the Red color here is in honor of those Fine CFI Guys!! :rock:
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