Should I Have Gone Through A Trucking School....?

At swift with the trainer for two weeks you are dispatched as a solo truck which means the trainer sits shotgun for two weeks and jumps in the driver seat as needed to make the deadline... Then after two weeks he/she make the call to be dispatched as a team truck and that's when once sleeps while the other drivers and that's for 200 hours which is about four weeks with trainer

Which is a great way for a new driver to begin to ease himself into the life of being a solo driver. Now he gets to drive with no one looking over his shoulder, but he also has someone there in the sleeper that he can wake up to ask for some assistance if he finds himself in a bind.

Thanks Scott!

Your welcome.. I hate when people bash swift.... Swift is a really good company to start with... I started with them and they trained me really good... They give you the tools and miles to make a great start in this industry...

I just finished my road training in Swift. Marcus had the wrong trainer. My guy (I call him Carlos in my diary) was available most of the time. (When the sleeper curtain closed it meant 1) I was on my own and 2)Carlos was comfortable with that.) He was always up when there was a delivery or pickup, even if just to watch my Qualcomm work and check my backing. After a bit we truly worked as a team - it sure made the stops quicker, and I even if I forgot something, Carlos got it right so we could move on.

As for George's original question ("I have a CDL but no school experience") there were a few people in Swift's academy in the same boat - one was even a Swift Mentor who had stopped driving three years ago. They went through the school, too. Of course, they were the first to test out. George could follow this route.