We don’t often compare airplane pilots to truck drivers, but they might be more similar than you expect.

Even though professional (truck) drivers don’t transport people, airline pilots do transport freight. Both industries move products from shipper to consumer. In fact, pilots of 747s are maneuvering 18-wheelers around the tarmac and often carry cargo in their bellies.... Read More

What is your time worth per hour? If you’re a driver, you get paid by the mile or by the load, but not usually by the hour. Have you calculated your value in terms of time?

If you are a volunteer, your time is worth more than you think. Many of you offer your services, your passion, and your time to organizations with missions you support. Sometimes it takes a tragedy for someone to recognize a need to support a charity’s efforts. ... Read More

When you're a professional driver, the steering wheel doesn't know whether you're a man or a woman! That's something my friend Ingrid reminds me of when I talk about the benefits of being a woman in the trucking industry. You're paid the same regardless of your gender.

It used to be the case that women made about sixty cents for every dollar a man makes. A recent report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research claims that occupations with the highest median income still show a disparity between the earnings for women.... Read More

About a year ago, we received a phone call at the Women In Trucking headquarters from a construction company. The (male) caller asked if we had any trucks available. I explained that we were a nonprofit association with no assets but we had members who owned trucks. He said he was required to hire women and minority-owned businesses for his road construction business and was desperate to find any women owned companies with dump trucks.... Read More

That's what 37 year old Laura Leath will tell you, despite some challenges she has had to overcome. Laura recently completed her tractor-trailer training and earned her CDL at West Georgia Technical College in LaGrange, Georgia. She had a full time job offer from Fastenal Company before she'd completed the course.... Read More