Home Time While In Training

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Scott O.'s Comment
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With Swift the trainer is not allowed home time with a student unless there's a family emergency I.e child birth death in the family and in that case swift will put you in a motel
David L.'s Comment
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With swift the trainer is not aloud home time with a student unless there's a family emergency I.e child birth death in the family and in that case swift will put you in a motel

That has not been our experience with Swift. The trainer picked my son up at the terminal on a Monday and 10 days later they rolled back into Florida with a load for Jacksonville and then home time. This past time the trainer picked my son up at the Terminal and now they are in the mid-south expecting to run for another week or so. The trainers are regular drivers with additional duties...they still get their home time.

Terminal:

A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.

Brian W.'s Comment
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Well, with Werner, the trainer puts you up in a hotel when the trainer is on hometime, because the trainer drives the truck home. When I was training on the DG account, I was in a hotel every weekend. I switched to training over the road , trainer never went home. So, I guess it depends on what type of account you are training own.

Over The Road:

Over The Road

OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.

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