Always enjoy truck pics from the days before trucks only came in white. The colors and logos of the old freight outfits were interesting.
With few exceptions ABF was/is much like that. When ABF brought a discharge before a committee it was usually not the first time that person had messed up. The committee knew ABF did not issue job termination notices for no reason & even then they usually gave second chances.You're probably right, Ryder was an easy place to work.
You had to screw up big time to get in trouble.
The old KB11 IHC was much like this when I started driving.