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I would be interested to hear more about the industry 360 degree turnaround you mentioned. Diane and I have been in the business since 2003. You have been out of it since then. We have seen changes, as I am sure you did when you were in the business. Your prespective would be unique with the gap...

I know nothing of angelfly or the issues angelfly mentions but since Wingnut's name came up and the thread has been allowed to stand, this seems to me as good of a time as any to share something about Wingnut that I have come to understand. Over the last several months I have heard things said...

In the present state of things, it is true what you say. We can have pristine records, sparkling equipment and glowing customer service reports, while the sloppiest slob in the junkiest truck in the fleet gets paid the same and has access to the same load opportunities we do (presuming the same...

The 50,000 number is unchanged from year-ago levels. Story here

As the story pointed out, the reverse stock split was done to keep the company shares from being dropped by a major stock exchange (NASDAQ). A reverse stock split does nothing to increase the value of the stock a shareholder holds. Say a stock is selling for $0.10 a share and you own 1,000...

The call of the road knows no financial bounds. People with money and without have a hard time staying home when the itch to lay down some miles begins.

It's spelled out in the contract that a positive test is grounds for termination. A driver's mistake of not putting one's self out of service, and then getting drunk at say a wedding reception, and then getting called in for a random screening, would leave the driver with little hope beyond the...

The courier was not from the place you mentioned, so the driver in question is not you.

I remember the first autumn we had on the road and found ourselves driving the winding roads of Connecticut when the leaves were at their peak. As we wove our way through the countryside it dawned on us that people pay money to take the very same drive we were being paid to take. There is no...

I think there is a way to be shown as out of service even though you are under load. I don't know exactly how it works or what it means but I know a dispatcher once threatened to put us out of service even though we were under load. In that case, we were turning down several good offers because...

I said what I said in jest. I have no doubt that you would talk to any expediter regardless of company. That's part of what makes expediting fun, expediters as a group are a friendly bunch. For proof of that you need go no further than an expediter cook out that follows the Expedite Expo...

Each time Diane and I are laid over near San Francisco we learn more about how to get into the city and enjoy its many attractions. We have a good teacher in Jack Dixon, a fellow FedEx Custom Critical contractor who calls the area home. This time we parked our truck at the small truck stop...

Each time Diane and I are laid over near San Francisco we learn more about how to get into the city and enjoy its many attractions. We have a good teacher in Jack Dixon, a fellow FedEx Custom Critical contractor who calls the area home. This time we parked our truck at the small truck stop in...

So, if your truck said Panther on the side, that would mean nothing to you? :D

I don't know. I only know to make hay while the sun shines. The shippers are no different than those we have served before. The freight is no different than what we have hauled before. The difference is the shippers are shipping more and paying more. September ends the third quarter of 2010...

Yes, we have a nice truck. Yes, we have a rate that we will not go under. And yes, there are exceptions. We are in San Francisco now and Diane needs to get home to Minnesota for a dental appointment. If a load offer came along at $0.80 a mile that took us to Minneapolis, we would have jumped...

There are several things to think about when it comes to truck operating costs and revenue. Note that you get more of what you think about. If you think only about cost savings, you will end up in a little puddle jumper, rattle trap truck that has revenue limitations and future major costs...

That's meaningless in the context of one courier in a truck with a driving team. When this courier was in our truck, she told me the story. She was on a cross-country run with this team and they kept the radio on Fox the entire trip while prodding her to talk politics and agree with what was...

I would not characterize her as a brat or anything else. I don't know her. All I know for sure was how she behaved in the truck on this trip. Emotionally, we feel sad that she got banned and wonderful that dispatch backed us up like they did. She deserves the ban but that is not the story of...

She was upset about having to stay in the passenger seat. She was willing to wear the seat belt while there. Regarding TV, bunk, snack, bon bons and such, we have never had a courier make any such requests. That is because we are very clear before the courier even enters the truck that he or...