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Dec 17, 2015

TRUCKERS´SHORTAGE * USA: Drivers say they're short on pay

* Missouri - Trucking companies are short on drivers
-- Trucking companies say they are critically short of drivers. Truckers say they’re really just short of pay... The American Trucking Associations says the industry is down 48,000 drivers. Noel Perry, trucking expert at FTR Transportation Intelligence says the industry is short by 100,000 drivers, the way he figures it... It’s not just pay increases, and signing bonuses. Trucking companies say they’re working to get drivers home more regularly, and cut aggravation on the job. But, Todd Spencer with the Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association says just look at the turnover rate. It can vary wildly by company, but averages a whopping 100 percent... But many new truck drivers don’t last their first year... For some, the job’s too hard on their families, they make mistakes, or they don’t earn as much as expected... For one thing, most drivers get paid by the mile, not by the hour. That means that delays at loading docks, in traffic, or whatever, cut straight into their earnings... Last year, median annual pay for drivers came in just under $40,000. Costello says that long-haul truckers bring home a median pay of around $50,000. But, they are on the road up to 14 hours a day, up to 80 hours a week, sometimes weeks on end — working, sleeping, eating truck stop food, in a truck... As trucking companies work to rebalance the relationship with their drivers, they face new safety regulations in the next couple of years will likely slow trucks down, and cut the number of hours drivers can work, lowering productivity. Both Costello (ATA) and Perry see much bigger truck driving shortages coming before the end of the decade... 
 Kansas City, MO, USA - KCUR, by FRANK MORRIS - Dec 10, 2015

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