Comments By Doug C.

G-Town, I witnessed an incident where a student bent down under a trailer to pickup a cone that had been run over, next to the passenger side drive wheels. If the tractor would have moved she would have been runover. This was done as the driver was training on an alley dock maneuver. I was the only one who saw her in danger. I yelled for the student to get away from the danger point which she did. When she was clear and safe I went to the instructor in charge of the student driver and told him what had just happened. He refused to listen to anything I had to say and disregarded what I had seen. That's when I decided to tell the lead instructor for that day. He said that wasn't good and that he'd have to discuss it with the instructor. At the time I didn't see any reason to take it further. I never thought about a report to anyone else. I do have a written account of the incident although I haven't shared it with anyone.

Hobo, CRST has not sent out a statement yet, but I am expecting one. I'll see what happens, and if need be talk to a lawyer. But if worse comes to worse I'll set up an affordable payment plan and start paying. Thanks you guys for the input and ideas.

Errol, here is the situation, they dismissed me and I can't go back to finish. I wrote the school director and asked him to explain why this happened when two of my instructors told me I was improving. In fact on my last mock test I passed with 9 points and was told if it had been the actual test I would have passed. However, I was not allowed to take the test again. To date I have not received any statement from the school or a reply to explain the situation.

Everything seemed to be going fine until I witnessed a serious safety violation where one of the students could have been seriously injured or worse. I reported this to the instructor and he blew me off. I then reported the incident to the lead instructor for the day. That was Saturday, I was called into the office and dismissed early Monday morning.

First of all Happy Father's Day to all you fathers! Noob Driver, I have considered Millis and wanted to go there before going to CRST. However, I was told that I lived just outside of their hiring area, otherwise I would have gone there. Right now I am waiting to see if they are going to hold me to the agreement we were all required to sign on the first day of school. There is a clause that states that a student cannot be employed by another company unless the school cost plus room and board is paid. That's a total of around 7000.00. So far I haven't received a bill, but I expect one anytime. I have heard this agreement is iron clad, and I've heard that it cannot be enforced, I don't know what to expect. If anyone has insight please let me know. As it is my plans are on hold. When I was dismissed I asked if I was going to be billed and my recruiter told me he didn't think so but didn't seem to know for sure, and the school person who dismissed me said it wasn't his department and he didn't know anything about it. But the agreement states that they have the right to dismiss anyone for any reason at anytime and that the student will be responsible for cost to be paid 30 days after leaving school.

Old School, thank you for your boldness. I respect your point of view. I will continue to post when I have something to update. Thanks again.

Best of luck to you

Thanks Army. I will be calling Monday.

Thanks guys. I am sending a letter to CRST asking for a explanation of why I was dismissed when I was improving. Also I'm looking at the Jim Palmer school, and a few others.

No updates yet.

Chris, just something to consider. I used to be a surgical tech. It was my job to set up the O.R. and pass all the instruments. I scrubbed in on lots of gallbladder cases. If your doctor is recommending surgery I would listen to him. Find out exactly why he wants to operate and also consider a second opinion. Don't take any chances. You can live fine without your gallbladder, millions have. Take care.