Profile For K.D.

K.D., glad you jumped in here, sorry you can't recognize a truth when it is right in front of you though - especially since you put on your Bio here at Trucking Truth that you are a "Truth Seeker."

Here's the truth, and it is just what I was trying to point out, not only for Johnathan, but also for "Truth Seekers" like yourself. That truth that I was pointing out is that 99% of rookie drivers do not understand how to communicate their needs and requirements with dispatch properly so that they can make their critical home time events happen.

it seems that old school and the other moderators automatically assume a driver at odds with one of these mega trucking companies over some issue must be in the wrong.

There is no such assumption, but there is the high likelihood that they are just experiencing the regular old learning curve that all new drivers go through until they can figure out how to function in this job which is overwhelmingly different from any thing they have ever done before. It is difficult to get started at this, and it is unfortunately real easy to fall into the crowd that just blames everything on the "mega carriers." Do you see how you have already fallen prey to that misinformation that you have exposed yourself to - and you, according to your information here, are still just preparing for school. You don't even have experience at any of these "mega carriers" as you call them, and I understand that you somehow consider that as a derogatory title for them. It's funny how these "mega carriers" are the only guys willing to help a person get started in this rewarding career, but all the super "arm chair" truckers want to run their mouths about them.

Johnathan asked for some ideas. I gave him a clear path to resolve his issues. If he bailed, as you say, he bailed because he didn't want to do the right thing. He bailed because he would rather stay in a slump and enjoy the camaraderie of a bunch of losers who comfort themselves by jumping on the bandwagon of how sorry the "mega carriers" are. I gave him the truth, and yet you, a "truth seeker" reject it also. I've personally worked for one of the "mega carriers" who is considered the worst offender by just about any of the common internet truck driver moan and groan web sites. I have proven with my experiences the fallacy of all this online B.S. Nobody tried to starve me, nobody tried to treat me like a slave, and I got home when I needed to while running my truck in a fashion that brought me accolades as a top producer in a company with close to 5,000 drivers in it at the time. If you believed all the internet hype, most of those drivers at that company were miserable slaves who were only biding their time there until they could get enough experience to move on to a real job.

I want to help people move forward in this career, therefore I will give them the hard facts. They can do with them what they want, but anybody who will take a minute and listen to what I have to say can succeed. I could be wrong about what I assumed with Johnathan, but if I was I would think he would have no issue with jumping right back in here and letting me know that he had done everything properly, and maybe even provide some information for us so that we know better how to direct him. Did they have his "Guard" schedule? Did he provide messages on the Qualcomm approximately three weeks ahead of schedule, and then follow up with reminders or requests to confirm his needed days off? Only he knows these things, and he certainly didn't fill us in with any of the needed information, which kind makes me assume that he didn't give his dispatcher what he needed to make this happen.

I'm going to reiterate something about being in the guard, and being a team driver. That is a recipe for difficulty. Team drivers have got to coordinate their home time together. When one member of the team can't be flexible it puts the other member in an unfortunate position. I'm proud of Johnathan for his service to our great country, but he really should have put all his needs into consideration when he started this career. He started with a company that runs teams almost exclusively, knowing that he needed regularly scheduled time off for his drill times. He would have served himself much better by not jumping into a contract that was going to be fraught with difficulties, making it hard for him to keep his end of the bargain.

To clarify, I am actually an experienced driver, with just about two years in. The first year I did with one of the megas, so, had I said anything about them, I would have been speaking from experience. I didn't really take the bio seriously, except for the truth seeker part.

What I said and what you just admitted is that you made assumptions that contradict what the op said. You assumed that he wasn't telling the truth substantially. Who knows? Maybe he isn't. I just find it strange that you and the other moderators always seem to do this. Your "truth" seems to be very company centric.

... was enlisted in the National Guard prior to my CDL training with them and two months in a row they violated my rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and ReEmployment Act of 1994 by refusing to allow me to leave for my monthly drill, I saved coorespondence my taking pictures of the Qualcomm in my truck ...

According to the original post... I think he has indicated that 1) he was already in the NG before he entered into the contract with CRST and 2) he communicated properly (and has documentation of that communication) re his required duty time to the NG.

If that's the case... i.e. if CRST knew he was in the NG before the contract was signed and he followed proper procedures re the scheduling of his time-off relating to his NG service... then, it seems to me, the onus may very well be on CRST to justify their position/actions a bit more precisely.

this is how I saw it, too. it seems that old school and the other moderators automatically assume a driver at odds with one of these mega trucking companies over some issue must be in the wrong. no wonder the op bailed on his thread.

A loofah??? and you want to be a truckdriver

Any update, excore?