Originally Posted by redsfan

Not calling you a liar, but this is not true at all. In my area here, there are 3 "local" truck driving schools. One offers a 160 hour course and two of them are 120 hours. TMC has hired several drivers from all three schools and even "sponsors" the training at one of the 120 hour schools. I know this for a fact, they offered to sponsor me at one of the 120 hour schools and I personally know 2 guys that they hired out of this 120 hour school. I'm not saying that this is necessarily a bad thing and they may advertise differently, but they do not require 150 hours of training.

Unless this has all changed in the past few months, and in that case, ignore everything I just said...

Originally Posted by motman68

god i wish the school i attended was only 120 to 160 hours i was in a 480 hour course we had 10 weeks in the classroom which we studied HOS,Trip planning,Log books,Air Brakes,Highway watch,Defensive Driving .Then we had 10 weeks in the trucks we did drop and hooks,Shifting drills,manuevers and one on one instruction on the road

Originally Posted by GoldiesPlating

TMC will hire with 120 hours... BUT... you will then do the normal 2 week orientation at TMC which includes 1 week of "yard training" The 150-160 hour guys will only have to do 1 week of orientation provided they pass a road test when they get to TMC. There are also other determining factors, such as how many students per class. If class size is real small then each individual will receive more "wheel time" and so can do in 120 hours what others can do only in 150 hour classes.

Originally Posted by jefster

Flatbed Fred, I talked to David O'Leary and mentioned you and he said he never heard of you..lol must have been a glitch