A hold down is a temporary assignment, pulling a regular run when the regular driver will be gone for a period of time. This happens when the regular driver has vacation, an instructor going to instruct, a driver is terminated or retires etc.Hold downs are bid by seniority.
Daily Archives: May 1, 2014
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Called in to dispatch, will be getting called in to pull a run to El Paso at 3:40 a.m. if nothing changes. Also received a call from Dallas suopervisor, I have been awarded my first "hold down." Two weeks, going to Abilene Texas and back to Dallas for two weeks […]
Made it back to Abilene Texas. Gone to hotel to get fresh. 2 fresh Dallas drivers ahead of me. Only have 6.75 hours on my 70 to work today.