Roper, who turns 59 in October, said he’s not ready to retire and has already started applying for jobs elsewhere. He’s worked 28 years at Holland Freight, which Yellow bought in 2005. In contrast, less-than-truckload carriers have relatively low driver turnover, an average of 18% to 20%, according to Jindel, which means those jobs, already less numerous than truckload jobs, are open far more rarely. He said he’s already gotten some positive response from some of the LTL carriers he’s applied to, so he’s hopeful. But if that doesn’t work out, he said, he’ll consider looking at jobs in the truckload sector.

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Persons: Mark Roper, Roper, he’s, hasn’t, He’s, “, ”, they’re, ” Roper, Satish Jindel, he’ll, Covid, Tom Nightingale Organizations: New, New York CNN, Holland Freight, CNN, UPS, ABF, Drivers, AFS Logistics, Teamsters Locations: New York, truckload