Introduction and in need of help

[cheri1122]

As a long-time OOIDA supporter and lifetime member, I am embarrassed to admit that I did not know about sponsored memberships until moose mentioned them. Saturnista, a sponsored membership is now waiting for you at OOIDA. Please check your private messages for contact information.

People have sometimes talked about OOIDA as not worth joining. There are 160,000 members who disagree. Diane and I support OOIDA partly because of what OOIDA does for us but more because of what OOIDA does for drivers in need of help and useful information. This thread is a perfect illustration.

Seeing the need, Diane and I have purchased four sponsored memberships, one for Saturnista and three to be used as OOIDA office people see fit. We encourage others to support OOIDA and their fellow drivers in this fashion. The contribution is a "two-for-one." New membership dollars support both OOIDA and the drivers who can make good use of OOIDA's resources and support.

Phil, that was a lovely thing to do, and I applaud your generosity.

[Shadowpanda]

I am only adding to this thread because of the anti-Schneider talk. Schneider took me from zero to CDL-A in two weeks and then sent me on the road with a TE for another two weeks. Then on my own but with a 'training wheels' dispatcher who were there to give extra help when needed.
I trained in Greenbay (In summer and not winter thank God!) and I am intensely proud of coming out of that place with a CDL. Roughly 60% of those that started did not finish for various reasons. It is very much a pressure packed two week CDL boot camp.
What some people don't ever understand is that it is also a two week long job interview and people with an attitude problem are very quickly shown the door. People with a sincere desire to succeed and a good attitude are given every help and consideration possible to make that success happen.
SNC was nothing but respectful to me, followed through on all promises made (not always in record time, its a pretty big company and sometimes one hand knows not what the other doeth) and when they start the training academies back up I would recommend them to anybody as my first choice for training and initial step into the industry. To be quite honest I would love to go back there as an IC once the economy has improved, and I am more qualified as they have great infrastructure available to o/o's.

[jaminjim]

(This is not meant as criticism) I hope you don't make a habit out of posting to year old threads. If you want a fresh opinion on an old subject, start a new thread referencing what the old thread said.