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career in education for a full-time truck driving job has been met with disbelief from drivers who say it's a case of out of the frying pan into the fire".
Tim Gunn is leaving Wolsing,ham Primary School and his g31,000-a-year salary to drive for Stockton-on-Tees-based G Stiller Transport Growing pressures on teaching staff to meet targets and a flood of bureaucracy are behind his decision, he says.
But Canvey Island-based owner-driver Nigel Harness warns: "He must be mad. If you want an industry bound up in red tape, you couldn't pick a worse one than transport."
And Mick Rennison, a driver for Erith-based Europa European Express, says: "I think he's going to get the shock of his life. There's nothing more stressful than being stuck for hours on end waiting to unload, or in traffic, when you've got more drops to make."
However; Gunn says: "I see anything that is a change as positive. Most drivers have used their skills for years but this will be a new challenge for me." Gunn passed his CPC four years ago and has carried out occasional work for Stiller over the last two years.