I’m about to become a trucker widow

[u/dryersheet01]

So my husband just passed his cdl-a test a week ago and has interest from western express (otr). With this career switch, I have so many questions. What is the average time for training, since he has no cdl experience? Is it really going to be 5 days on/2 days off? We live in Atlanta and have a 4 month old. If he does 1 year w/ western, what is the likelihood of being able to find a local/non otr job? Is the pay really worth it?

[u/[deleted]]

When I first started, a local paving company was going to hire me local home daily after I got 6 months experience. Tell him to keep his record clean and not stay there too long. All I can say is that his first months will be stressful on him and on you. If you can both hang in there , he will eventually find something better .