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Hypothetically, for one reason or another, you can no longer expedite. Starting tomorrow, what would you do ?? Maybe you don't have to work anymore. Or, you return to your previous profession. Me, I sell the house and live on my boat. With global warming now upon us, I am assuming Lake Erie...

Just like any other business or product(s), the pioneers tend to reap the highest wages, simply put because there is little competition, if any at first. When Roberts first promoted the idea of expedited freight, there was practically no competition. Today, anyone who has their own authority...

Has anyone here signed on with UPS Expediting ?? Talked with an alleged driver while in Madison, Wisconsin last week that claimed to be expediting out of Chicago for UPS. If he was wasn't fibbing, then it sounds a lot like Eagle Freight. Have seen some B units with the smallish signs on the...

This past weekend while reading one of the financial sites (think it might have been Reuters) there was an article about how the Democrats in Congress want to propose a bill that will force the airlines to inspect EVERY piece of cargo that they fly. Currently, they are obligate to inspect only...

With all due respect to jbrbears, who admittedly claims to be a dispatcher for the new expedite division, I would caution anyone not to draw any conclusions from any post on this forum. I have been associated with UPS-SCS for almost 11 years, and if there is one thing I know, it is that their...

This article appeared in a NE Ohio newspaper today (9-29-06) There is much support for this project. The transportation costs would be reduced dramatically. [[[ For Grand River Village Mayor Chris Conley, two years no longer seem too long to wait for answers when hundreds of millions of...

Just received my weekly economic review from Vanguard. "...Rising energy prices contributed to a wider U.S. trade deficit for the month. Business inventories rose at a higher-than-expected rate, and June's retail sales fell, due largely to weaker auto sales..." Work will be less, and those...

It seems to me that everytime Ateam posts an opinion...the usual anti-Ateam members discredit them. This is a forum. Not a trial. Let everyone be able to post their thoughts in the venue of sharing information and helping one another. Be safe and don't hate.

The true problem to our fuel problem is "supply and demand" !! It determines the market place in any free enterprise. As long as the world demands oil, the prices will stay high. As long as there are drivers that will/must pay these high prices nothing will change in the short term. Don't...