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DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA - Truck Driver Salaries
If the American truckers decided to strike, this country would be doomed
USA -Winch -September 29, 2010: -- The U.S. trucking industry hauls more than nine billion tons of cargo a year in the country. This works in more than 64 percent of the nation's freight. How important is trucking to American consumers? The number of municipalities, which is exclusively on trucks for delivery of goods by an astonishing seventy (70) percent!... If the American truckers decided to strike, this country would be doomed. Within days, the shelves would be empty,and all the necessities that we, the consumers, take for granted would be gone. In a week we had the appearance of a Third World country. It 's true what they say. . . "Without trucks America stop" ... On average, a driver on the road 100,000 miles a year. This is the same as driving around the earth four times! While the driver of the road for 21 years, collecting about 2.22 million miles, is led by the same planetjust over 89 times. I have professional drivers, reached five million miles in his career. . . This is 200.75 times around the earth! Amazing when you think about it... That a pilot can expect to pay for all these miles? The driver of the average company now earns between $ 32,400 and $ 42,300. . . depending on the size of the company. Most owner operators salaries between $ 100,000 and $ 150,000 per year, but with an average. The operational costs by 50%, their average net income $ 50,000 $ 75,000. . . if they are lucky... And 'this is worth all the stress and headaches that come with the trucking road? It's worth away from your family for a long time? These questions must be asked are... Trucking is a tremendous asset for our country and our way of life. The public does not understand...* Need a Job? Welcome, Trucker Shortage
USA -National Truck Driving Jobs -September 28, 2010: -- With the ever-growing shortage of truck drivers and the demand for goods on the rise, many trucking companies will do whatever it takes to recruit new drivers. If you are someone looking to start a career in the long haul, the future looks bright. Bonuses are moving higher and look to only get better if companies want to keep drivers in their trucks. That’s why we say truck driving jobs are available now!... What companies have going against them, are the stereotypes of being a truck driver... Drivers need to take ownership of their abilities and realize they determine their future. Through better education, a driver can seek out trucking companies that provide great training. This will increase the low standards that are set for truck drivers. With the driver shortage, drivers become more valuable...
* Alabama - Truckers in demand; Company offers free classes in Birmingham
Birmingham,ALA,USA -The Birmingham News, by Martin Swant -September 28, 2010: -- Con-way Freight, the national trucking company, is launching new training programs in Birmingham and across the country to train drivers, in an effort to stave off a looming manpower shortage that threatens an industry that delivers raw goods and finished products to every corner of the nation... Con-way Freight has put together a two-fold approach to draw new drivers: provide free training and a guaranteed job. So far, there are planned 55 classes at Con-way Freight locations, including one in Birmingham beginning in January. The company has 100 drivers in its Birmingham operations... A new threat to the driver pool is CSA 2010, a set of truck and bus driving safety regulations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration... Under the new rules, officials will analyze not only moving violations, but also driving and braking patterns, now tracked by an electronic onboard monitor, he said. If a driver is deemed to be high-risk, it's going to cost a company more to insure, forcing them to be much more selective about whom they hire... If companies need to raise wages to attract better drivers, they might have to raise prices on shipping, which then could shift the burden to the consumer, Kauffman said... (Photo from The Birmingham News, by Linda Stelter - Freight has created a program to train new drivers while allowing them a chance to work during their off-training hours)Labels: drivers' shortage
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