This dysfunctional company is by far the WORST. If you are considering doing business with them I say DO NOT use them they are HORRIBLE! I started the process over a year ago speaking with Lynn Orr. She was a recruiter. She was nice and I thought she did a good job getting me enrolled and ready to start with MTS. My scheduled start date was a few weeks away. Time flew by, and with just 2 days away from when I was supposed to start I had not heard from Lynn or the MTS. I called and was told that Lynn quit her job abruptly. Gee I wonder why? So I spoke with another recruiter who basically said I fell through the cracks. 2 days later I started the training. The classroom training was terrible! We watched a Zoom Meeting with a trainer who I could not understand as the sound quality was bad! On day 2 we had a different trainer and I could understand her better. But the training was her giving the answers to the upcoming DMV test. Over 200 answers. I asked her, how am I supposed to know this material if we never went over it? She said "well by giving you the answers you can start to understand" After the 2 days we were told that we were ready to go to the DMV and take the Permit tests. I was kind of shocked, but I did go to the DMV and I passed the tests to get a Permit although I felt I had very little comprehension of the material but I was good at cramming in the answers I guess? Next was the behind the wheel training which was scheduled for the following week. I reviewed some paperwork which indicated that I had to have the physical / drug test before I could do any behind the wheel driving. I called the office irritated that they did not catch this. I brought it to their attention, and then I had to go for the physical / drug test. Then I had to wait another week for the results. This set me back! After the results I met with my driving instructor named Vang. He gave me a script to follow for the pre-trip inspection. The driving part was easy for me as I had previously driven many large vehicles such as a motorhome pulling a boat so I was comfortable and did well with that part. But the hardest part is to demonstrate the pre trip inspection with a DMV examiner. I failed the pre trip demonstration 3 times, so I did not even make it to a road test. The examiner each time told me I omitted some required items, such as actually saying that I was measuring the tire pressure with a commercial tire pressure gauge, and measuring the tire tread with a commercial tire tread measuring gauge. I had simply followed the script that Vang gave word for word. I said and the tire pressure needs to be this psi, and the tread depth has to be this. Apparently not using the correct verbiage can be a reason to fail the test. The examiner said that I did not mention the onboard camera for monitoring, I said my trainer never mentioned that at all. When I failed the Air Breaks portion which is an automatic fail, it was because of the verbiage that I did not say correctly. Although I was following the script provided by Vang. I went into the DMV and complained to a Supervisor. I was with Vang, the DMV Supervisor pulled out the Commercial Truck Drivers California Handbook, and showed both of us the actual verbiage that must be stated otherwise it is a fail. This verbiage was not in my script!!! I finally passed on my 4th attempt, although I had to go back to the DMV and re-take the permit tests because after 3 fails they take away your permit. I only passed on the 4th attempt because I used the correct verbiage provided to me from the DMV not MTS. In conclusion, if you can find another trucking school to go with, trust me you will do yourself a huge favor. These people are scammers in my opinion! DO NOT USE MTS TRAINING ACADEMYAINING ACADEMY!!!!! read more