The point that we all feared is now here...$5 gal diesel. I just got off the phone with our former log book administrator who now works in the newly created "fuel management - driver counseling" department. Just before that, I hung up on one the other "member" of that same department. I was that frustrated over what he was proposing. Here's the deal in no particular order. Slow down to 60-62 miles per hour. Last year "we" were running 68 mph. My idle time of approx. 65% must be below 30%! "They" want me to buy a large fan for the bunk. Put styrofoam in between the skylight curtains and the windows. "We" want all trucks to have an APU, but it's not possible right now because of the $8000 cost. Last month my average miles per day was about 383. Almost 750 trucks in our fleet had the same average. I was told that my job is in jeopardy if I don't comply. I am sitting here without a load in Davie, FL. It is 102 degrees outside. A fan ain't gonna cut it. The fuel "management" guy said (to me) "I guess you just can't catch a breeze." I almost lost it. This is what it's come to. I'm making $10K a year less than I was 15 years ago. It sounds like they think they're employing me as some big favor. They "tell" me I need to be "retrained" as a more "conservative" driver. I don't know how much longer I can take this. The photo credit ishttp://www.flickr.com/photos/87858192@N00/2494763497/
