Truckers are spending, on average, 250 nights away from their family. The trucking industry does not provide no flexibility to truck drivers.
It's, what is it that we need to do to keep those drivers? Well, the issue is this.
And I think driver turnover is serious, right? It's not just about recruiting drivers. LAGUERRE: There's so many systemic issues that exist in trucking. SIMON: Tell us some of the things that attracted you and some of the things that sometimes are a problem for professional drivers and apparently have forced many people to leave. Pierre Laguerre is a former truck driver who founded an Airbnb-style company called Fleeting - and joins us now from Atlanta. But is the real problem recruitment or keeping drivers who are already in rigs on the road? President Biden recently announced a plan to try to recruit more drivers. An apparent shortage of truck drivers during the pandemic makes it hard for packages to reach their destinations. Truck drivers are at the intersection of today's supply chain disruptions and labor issues.
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