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For the same reason you are into amateur radio and many other people are not. Different things matter to different people. What may not be important to you may be of vital importance to others, and vice versa. If people want to talk about an item in the Open Form that you believe is a dead...

Based on what I have heard from people who are in a position to know (unsolicited information privately received), the circumstances are not as cut and dry as you seem to believe. That said, what happened in the past -- be it right or wrong -- is a done deal. Talking about who did what and when...

Thank you for sharing that. That is my point exactly. The specific events mentioned above have nothing to do with the bigger picture. With the bigger picture in mind, the question remains: Will the Open Forum experience for all members be improved if carrier employees are ineligible to serve...

That may well be, but the other reasons you mention are not the reason that is being discussed. This is not about whether a particular post should or should not have been pulled. It is about the conflict of interest that exists when a moderator is also a carrier employee, and the effects that...

Under my proposed rules change, the line gets drawn nowhere near the level or as vaguely as your words suggest. In this case, the line is clearly drawn at carrier employees, such that no carrier employee may be vested with the power to manipulate forum member posts. Since only moderators have...

I have a motive, absolutely, but there is nothing ulterior about it. As clearly stated in the post, my motive is to open the issue to member discussion and make a recommendation. Please don't make this about my motives. As a moderator, I would hope you would consider my recommended rules...

When a company or organization president ends his or her term, and thereby becomes president emeritus, the powers and responsibilities of the office are not retained. The emeritus title is given as a sign of gratitude and respect, but the job is over and the powers are vested in the successor...

My general views on the larger issues are expressed not in this thread, but here instead, for reasons there explained. Speaking specifically to a point raised in this thread, and speaking not about the incident discussed above, but speaking instead hypothetically about any case where a carrier...

This is in response to a thread in the FedEx Custom Critical carrier forum. The item discussed applies to all Open Forum members, so I am replying here to open the discussion to all. (Only members affiliated with FedEx Custom Critical can post in that carrier forum.) Regarding the post in...

I'm trying to get at the distinction between facts and sources. For example, someone says, "My pastor read from the Bible that, 'In the beginning, God created heavens and the earth.'" If you consider the source and trust the pastor and the Bible, that's pretty much it. As far as you are...

We have had no problems with our APU, unless you count the need to replace a belt that gave way after 6,000 hours a problem. A fuel pump was replaced early after installation under warranty but we do not consider that a problem. The repair was cheerfully done by a dealer in Salt Lake City at no...

Not to put too fine of a point in this, but when I consider the facts, I consider the facts. The source is irrelevant. That's what makes a fact a fact. It stands on its own.

Thank you for clearning that up. It would have been really stupid to put fuel filter replacement out of easy reach of drivers who can change them themselves when needed.

Results vary from truck to truck, of course, but regarding engine down time, I think Volvo is already in a good spot. In three years and 400,000 miles, we have had only one down-time incident owing to our Volvo engine. It took us out for a time while the repair was made. No tow was required...

Just make sure that if you choose an approach, it is a CURRENT CARB-compliant approach. Many of the advertised options that are out there now are not CARB compliant or have yet to be CARB approved. For example, their are tier-2 and tier-three reefer emissions solutions are available out there...

Diamler Trucks North America recently announced that it is raising new truck prices $9,000 to account for the increased costs of manufacturing engines that comply with 2010 emissions requirements. Volvo engines are rising about $10,000 for the same reason. That is a lot of new money to put in a...

We have been in and out of many FedEx terminals in the course of our work. While some managers may allow a FedEx Custom Critical truck to park there if asked, others will not. Going in on a load is one thing. Asking to park our truck there for personal reasons is beyond our comfort zone. These...

As many times as Diane and I have delivered freight in and out of the Chicago area, we have never gone downtown for tourist fun. We usually get dispatched out of here so quickly that tourism has not been an option. We know about the trains into downtown. If we decided to take a break of the...