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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 2382990" data-attributes="member: 52145">I asked the feeder bosses for years why they don&#039;t let the new drivers go with an experienced driver for a couple weeks or a month after their 2 weeks of feeder training. Of course they said that was an excellent idea and I wasn&#039;t the first to suggest it. They said the union wouldn&#039;t let them. asked the union and they said the company wouldn&#039;t allow it due to costs. It was one of those deals. each blaming the other.A little while&nbsp; before I retired they started the &quot;mentor &quot; program where they would let a new driver go with an experienced driver for 1 to 3 days. Only after the newbie got in an accident. go figure. The first 2 days would be with 2 different veteran drivers and the third day would be with an on road supe.I was lucky to be asked to be a mentor and it was very rewarding and satisfying to help a new driver. The drivers I helped all said they learned much more in one day than they had in 2 weeks of training minus the actual practice. I showed them all the tricks I learned over 30 years and the things to watch out for. Things, of course, they were not taught in training.I&#039;m not sure if this program is a success as I retired about 6 months or so after it started but I believe it is a step in the right direction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 2382990, member: 52145"] I asked the feeder bosses for years why they don't let the new drivers go with an experienced driver for a couple weeks or a month after their 2 weeks of feeder training. Of course they said that was an excellent idea and I wasn't the first to suggest it. They said the union wouldn't let them. asked the union and they said the company wouldn't allow it due to costs. It was one of those deals. each blaming the other. A little while before I retired they started the "mentor " program where they would let a new driver go with an experienced driver for 1 to 3 days. Only after the newbie got in an accident. go figure. The first 2 days would be with 2 different veteran drivers and the third day would be with an on road supe. I was lucky to be asked to be a mentor and it was very rewarding and satisfying to help a new driver. The drivers I helped all said they learned much more in one day than they had in 2 weeks of training minus the actual practice. I showed them all the tricks I learned over 30 years and the things to watch out for. Things, of course, they were not taught in training. I'm not sure if this program is a success as I retired about 6 months or so after it started but I believe it is a step in the right direction. [/QUOTE]

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