Forgetting for the moment the country being reminded of what can happen when just one airline (or its pilots) has serious indigestion, this article caught my eye because (sort of) hometown connection. Living near the confluence of 2 interstates and a fair size Old Dominion terminal about 1 mile away - that continues to have a boatload worth of its trailers sitting there and I go by it almost every day.
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Shipping companies across the nation on Monday are reportedly struggling to find truck drivers to ease port backlogs on the east and west coasts.
Old Dominion Freight Line will reportedly hire any driver with or without experience, KHQ NBC reported Sunday. The need is so great, Old Dominion held a job fair Saturday to “hire 10 line drivers who can haul several trailers across the state” while offering to train anyone who wishes to earn a C.D.L. license.
Michael Deneen with Old Dominion told KHQ the pandemic has made finding truck drivers more difficult due to the unemployment checks that drivers may be receiving from Democrat-controlled states. Deneen also thinks the labor shortage will carry over and impact the 2021 holiday season and beyond.
“Christmas is going to be, this year is going to be impacted greatly by not just trucking but through the whole logistic network is a little bit out of whack,” Deneen said. “So buy early, we’re going to work ourselves out of it but it’s going to be a couple of years of going through this new normal right now.”
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“There will definitely be weeping children this holiday season,”
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Some more interesting tidbits in the
full article here.
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