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The FAA is under orders from Congress to have rules about drones out by 2015. I don't know if they'll have it all done by then but large cargo planes seem to be the easy part. We may see drone cargo planes soon.

Pizza delivery by drone has already been done (video concept): Domono's Pizza in UK uses drone to deliver pizzas

Here's more about drones: Drone heavy-lift helicopter Drone careers and changing avation laws Tech Crunch article: Enter the Dronenet FedEx Founder Fred Smith Wants Drones "As he notes, a modern 777 is already capable of being an unmanned vehicle. "They let the pilots touch the controls...

The technology will further develop and the possibilities too. The drone in the video looks like it is battery powered. Other types of drones can stay in the air for many hours if not more than a day and cover great distances. And remember, drones can drive on the roads too. With taxi cabs...

So, will it be cheaper to deliver your needed medication or new Rolex watch straight-through, exclusive-use, instant shipping (if you want straight-through, exclusive-use, instant shipping) by drone or by exclusive-use delivery van? If it was a FedEx Supply Chain warehouse from which the item...

Amazon recently introduced its Prime Air delivery concept in which drones are used to fly small packages instantly from the warehouse that receives the customer order directly to the customer's doorstep. You can read more about it here. Drones come in all shapes and sizes and can handle cargo...

Good one! It's fun when the freight is your friend.

Having seen the process, I want to share more about how easy it was. Maybe other carriers will do this next year, or even for Christmas this year. Landstar put the word out that free Thanksgiving and Christmas meals will available to Landstar BCO's (contractors) at TA and Petro truck stops on...

Cool! I just learned that Landstar is paying for Thanksgiving meals its BCO's at TA and Petro truck stops. They make it easy. We just used our Road King card to print the coupon off the Road King machine at the truck stop.

The load we have on now and the one Turtle describes above is what I consider to be classic expedited freight. In our case, an urgent need developed for an aircraft part in one state and the part was in another state. We received the call and got quickly rolling. On any other day, the delivery...

Interesting article on expediting it is. I must admit I never thought of YRC and Estes as expedited carriers but the article's author clearly does, and he makes a good case that these LTL carriers do indeed offer something called time-critical transport. Every now and then, the question rises...

We delivered near our Forida house yesterday and waited for nothing. Expecting nothing much over the holiday, we went to the house with plans to spend Thanksgiving there. But we got dispatched on a run that picked up today so off we went. It will be another Thanksgiving on the road for us, which...

The laws have changed in several states. The two of you can now get married and be a same-household team.

Yes, vacation home; for now at least. We'll move there permanently in the near future.

We deliver two hours from our Florida house tomorrow but plan to stay out.

It would be a great gag gift for motor carrier safety directors too! Send one to the head of recruiting while you are at it with the suggestion that an iDrive be given free to every new contractor.

Diane and I enjoy that location too. Expediters can feel especially welcome there since they get to park in the front lot for free while bobtail tractors are run off by security and made to park in the pay lot.

That's true, Joe, for drivers like you who obey the speed limit and have the good sense to not drive when you know you need sleep. But there are the problem children too: those who would dive as long as they are physically able and then drive some more, those who could care less about speed...

It's a tough call. Sit in Salt Lake City? Deadhead to Kansas City? Deadhead to Los Angeles? Note too that while freight slows because many shippers and consignees have the Thanksgiving holiday off, it is also the case that a lot of expediters go home for the holiday, leaving you as one of the...

Clever guy that he is, Joe knows well how to leverage a disagreement between me and TeamCaffee.