Flattie Is Officially Leaving For Company Training!
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And forgot to mention they will Fly me out to Virginia since all tickets are sold out! Banana Banana!
I may be confused. I thought you went thru Swift Company Sponsored Training Flatie. 
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
I may be confused. I thought you went thru Swift Company Sponsored Training Flatie.
This is what I was thinking as well. What happened with Swift?
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
I may be confused. I thought you went thru Swift Company Sponsored Training Flatie.
Yes Tractorman went to swift Academy but I'm joining Abilene Motors :-) I will just pay them back when I will start getting paid.
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
Keep us posted on Abilene. I'm going to driving school here in Va and I know Abilene recruits there.
I may be confused. I thought you went thru Swift Company Sponsored Training Flatie.
This is what I was thinking as well. What happened with Swift?
Swift is okay but I decided to go to other company like Abilene coz of so many reason.
Swift Academy will not force you to work with them as long as you pay them back with the loan.
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
Keep us posted on Abilene. I'm going to driving school here in Va and I know Abilene recruits there.
I will keep you posted Chris! Theres no division in Abilene I will pull reefer or dryvan and ocasionally will go to Canada.
Dryvan:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Flatie. You may want to read that contract you signed with Swift. I believe you need to pay them in full in a lump sum before you can work for someone else. The financing they offer is if you work for them for 1 year. You repay 1950.00 over the course of 13 months at $37.50 per week payroll deduction. Not trying to burst your bubble, and I may be wrong. You had better check up on that.
Flatie. You may want to read that contract you signed with Swift. I believe you need to pay them in full in a lump sum before you can work for someone else. The financing they offer is if you work for them for 1 year. You repay 1950.00 over the course of 13 months at $37.50 per week payroll deduction. Not trying to burst your bubble, and I may be wrong. You had better check up on that.
Not sure what their repayment schedule is when a recent graduate leaves, but Flatie owes Swift at least $3900. They half the total cost when a driver works it off driving for them over the year period after going solo.
Flatie you really need to read your contract, especially considering the extra week of practice they gave you after your first CDL try.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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So whats up TT it's been a while! Today is actually the 7th day since I got home from CDL school. A lot of things happened to my life.
Right after school I went home here in Tulsa. Setle my apartment , sold everything , set up the PO Box and just pack my bag.
I also gave myself a time to get together with my friends before I will leave town.
It was hard. I was in the midle of choosing what company to go. I switched all the time because of my past relationship and pet but ended up being alone hahaha! Life goes on!
Freymiller , Magnum , Maverick and Abilene Motors I am officially leaving today to attend Abilene Motors Family.
Freymiller got trainer shortage coz I am a female and Non Smoker. Magnum is the same. They only have one female trainer and won't be available until end of July. Maverick got accepted even I switched to TCD but Abilene won coz of the pet policy and No division. Meaning they will keep me runing dryvan or reefer.
I did my DOT , Drug test and Agility test here in Tulsa thats sponsored by Abilene Motors. Passed everything with no problem.
Now I am free and ready for adventure! Thank you TT for everything! I will try to keep you all posted to my adventure! 😀😀
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Dryvan:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.