I've a friend who's been with US XPRESS since mid '07 and he hasn't had any problems.
He runs the western division (Ca, Or, Wa, Id, Co, Nv, Nm, Az) living near Barstool (Barstow, Ca) and has been to the east coast a few times.
Other than what it states in CLEAR LANGUAGE on the us xpress site that NO BACKGROUND WORK IS DONE TILL THE APPLICANT IS AT ORIENTATION and that IF NOT ACCEPTED, APPLICANT FINDS THEIR OWN WAY HOME, give it a go!!
You can do worse than apply at USX!!