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Our grass is still fine! The cargo (and passenger) air carriers are still flying, the planes are just less full. The engines and components are still running up hours and wearing so that they have to be rebuilt or replaced. Planes with idle time are more easily pulled offline and maintenance...

That seems to happen a lot with drivers in the trucking industry Ice. I imagine that a lot of companies see driver resumes with 1-yr at Acme, 6-mo at Beeline, etc. I would have to wonder how long the driver plans to stay at the next carrier? I can proudly say that our history has been: Me...

As the US economy flounders, so are many parts of the world being affected! While delivering at a LARGE transatlantic cargo carrier customer that we service, the question of "are you staying busy" came up in the conversation. We gave our usual answer of "we're holding our own thankyou" only...

Does a tire billy give off a distinct odor that only a tire billy sniffing dog can detect? Mine seems to be odorless.:confused:

Since Fatigued Drivers is prompting the possibility that all drivers will be required to undergo a Sleep Apnea (splg?) test to keep their CDLs, are these test facilities going to be able (and willing) to provide the exact same sleeping conditions the driver is accustom to in all fairness? I...

Would you as an experienced driver be willing to go back in a training truck as a "student driver". What are your feelings about being "trained" by a driver with less experience and years on the road than you? As a husband/wife team are you willing to split up for a minimum of six months to a...

Thankyou Cheri1122!!! You HIT the nail square on the head.

In our case its not about the above. In not trying to brag but make my point I'm going to share the following: Our T-600 has real leather custom seats ($1000.00 each) in the cab. The only way to put the dog in is over the seats since we do not have a rear door sleeper. Friends of ours with...

I bet its pepper spray.

Wouldn't it be interesting to hide a simple device in the cab/sleeper that emits a high pitch sound thats unaudible to the human ear, yet extremely annoying to the search dog. Such an item is easily found and can be used to deter unwanted dogs from accessing certain areas. Then stand back and...

Guess I'm lucky cause I get in on a regular basis!!! :p

Yes that is a crack. Unfortunately while waiting on an airliner to taxi past us, another one flew directly over us and popped a rivet. That bad boy hit at about 200mph and put a four foot long crack in the windshield. It has since been replaced. We later heard that the jet lost all of its skin...

For me Doug, thats a no brainer. A landing strip of course! In fact I have a photo of it to share below.:D

That is correct Steve in most cases. As you are aware Shawna was in law enforcement for eleven years on a force that used k-nines. What I'm talking about is when you arrive at the gate and are told beforehand that a dog will be put inside the truck to do a "routine search" and then get asked if...

Thought it would be interesting to hear how many times during your expedite/driving carreer you have had a K-nine cab search? This meaning the bomb/drug sniffing dog actually placed inside your cab and sleeper to conduct a search. If so where did this take place? Were you ok with this...

Thats correct!!! See my thread "Pieces of history" for full story.

As expediters we all have opportunities to transport unique types of freight that common carriers never see. Many times its based on the value of the freight or the special handling required in loading and transporting the freight. Today we had the pleasure of delivering pieces of history to...

Based on the photo below, are we delivering a model of a well known city that was loaded on our deck by the model maker, or was it trick photography on my part? Based on the skyline of the city, which city is it?

Many of the instances you stated in your thread are true,sadly! But I for one will stand in defense of "the rest (truck drivers)". I have almost thirty years driving big rigs on the road as a "truck driver" both privately and for hire. It has only been the last six years of my driving carreer...

According to Fox News today, FedEx has postponed an order for 30 new cargo jets at a price of $225,000,000 each to be built. The report did not say if they were for replacements of aging aircraft in their fleet or an expansion to their fleet count. This postponement is due to potential changes...