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KINGSPORT — Just about everywhere you go, you’re likely to see two words: “Now Hiring.” Pilot Co. recently sought to fill more than 5,000 positions. Food City looked to fill 2,000 jobs. Interviews are being held online and in person. No appointment has been needed. Employers are welcoming walkups. Steve LaHair, owner of Chef’s Pizzeria, said that in his 36-year career he has never experienced such a difficult time in hiring. “It’s not even just hiring,” LaHair said. “People are not coming in to put in an application. It’s not just our area. Re...

The federal case is set to be heard Feb. 1, 2022 -- in Chattanooga as before. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 5:38 PM EDT April 29, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Four years after the last ill-fated trial, a new date has been set for three former Pilot Co. employees accused of taking part in a sales scheme to defraud some trucking companies of promised fuel rebates. The retrial for Mark Hazelwood, the former Pilot president, Scott Wombold, a former Pilot vice president, and Heather Jones will be Feb. 1, 2022, in Chattanooga, according to an order put down Tuesday by Sen...

9-Apr-2021 Source: ALPINE AEROTECH ALPINE AEROTECH announced that they have officially received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a comprehensive avionic suite upgrade for Bell 212’s engaged in Day/Night VFR operations. The upgrade utilizes Pilot/Co-Pilot Garmin G500TXi Primary Flight Display’s (PFD) and a single GTN 750Xi GPS/NAV/COMM. The kit removes several expensive to maintain analog flight instruments ( HSI, ADI, VSI, Altimeter, and Tarsyn Gyro’s) by consolidating inputs into highly accurate and reliable Altitude/Heading Reference Syst...

All of the Big Three truck stop brands have reported closed locations because of the winter conditions that have descended on Texas and Louisiana. Jon Osburn, skipper of OOIDA’s tour trailer, the Spirit of the American Trucker, was parked at the Petro in San Antonio on Feb. 17 and reported it is a mess. “Everything is closed,” Osburn said. “No food, no fuel, no showers, no DEF – no nothing.” At that San Antonio Petro, he said reserved parking had been opened up for truckers for free. He has heard reports of broken water pipes closing truck stops, power outages closing fuel pumping...

Tennessee lawmaker to pursue vaccines at truck stops Tim Burchett agrees during hearing to meet with Pilot to help get drivers immunized Burchett planned to confer with Pilot Co. Chairman Jimmy Haslam on vaccines. (Photo: Jim Alan/FreightWaves) A Tennessee lawmaker said he would look into the potential for making vaccines available at a major truck stop operator after hearing about concerns faced by small-business truckers. Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett made the offer on Thursday in response to testimony from Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent D...