Monthly Archives: May 2014

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Hold Down

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.

Abilene Texas

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 […]