Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
So the problem is not
lack of "duty rigs", but that the driver has to enforce them on himself, and to do so costs him money. In fairness, I'm sure that a lot of pilots also fly themselves into dangerous fatigue when they think they can get away with it. Sometimes we need to be protected from ourselves.
The dispatchers of trucking companys will make or break you, they are constantly asking favors and if you don't help them out by bending the rules they will cut your miles every week. Which is fine if that is the kind of running you want to do but its really difficult to live on 2000 miles a week.