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<blockquote data-quote="qdg2" data-source="post: 5583885" data-attributes="member: 100309">Being consistently late or whatever is what draws attention in my experience. Sometimes finding the trailer could be maddeningly time consuming. Here, trailers could be anywhere on a big yard. Walking up and down rows of tractors for hundreds of yards looking for yours too. Then there are delays in the hub, trailer condition/problems etc. Our mgt team taught and expected you to start and build air pressure at the highest possible rpm(not redline) at any engine temp(ice cold ok). Pkg car too. They(mgt) could have cared less.See, there are all kinds of drivers......some would detail their tractor every day......making them late etc. Some did no pretrip and sped all over the yard trying to make that pull time and did dangerous stuff.I am a pilot. My preflights are always about the same. Watch an airline pilot do a preflight on a huge and complicated airliner......it&#039;s pretty basic and limited. A tractor IMHO, SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME.Most of my pretrips took a few minutes. I rarely broke drown with most being flats many miles down the road.The pretrips for the cdl tests are insane.Best statement I&#039;ve ever read on BC.And yes, excessive over-allowed triggers reports.......always has. That&#039;s what brings focus on folks and all the rest. They won&#039;t get you for productivity per se.......but it will be something else....because you bring attention and they start watching. Pretty soon....you walk out with a hotdog and mountain dew.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="qdg2, post: 5583885, member: 100309"] Being consistently late or whatever is what draws attention in my experience. Sometimes finding the trailer could be maddeningly time consuming. Here, trailers could be anywhere on a big yard. Walking up and down rows of tractors for hundreds of yards looking for yours too. Then there are delays in the hub, trailer condition/problems etc. Our mgt team taught and expected you to start and build air pressure at the highest possible rpm(not redline) at any engine temp(ice cold ok). Pkg car too. They(mgt) could have cared less. See, there are all kinds of drivers......some would detail their tractor every day......making them late etc. Some did no pretrip and sped all over the yard trying to make that pull time and did dangerous stuff. I am a pilot. My preflights are always about the same. Watch an airline pilot do a preflight on a huge and complicated airliner......it's pretty basic and limited. A tractor IMHO, SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME. Most of my pretrips took a few minutes. I rarely broke drown with most being flats many miles down the road. The pretrips for the cdl tests are insane. Best statement I've ever read on BC. And yes, excessive over-allowed triggers reports.......always has. That's what brings focus on folks and all the rest. They won't get you for productivity per se.......but it will be something else....because you bring attention and they start watching. Pretty soon....you walk out with a hotdog and mountain dew..... [/QUOTE]

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