Air Freight

09/18/2026

Second guest in a row to land on the same conclusion.

John Elliott of Load One called the end of the freight recession a few weeks ago. Brian Dreher gets to the same place from the insurance side, and he explains the mechanism. More suits worth filing means more money spent defending them, which means more premium, and premium is a fixed cost every carrier and broker has to price in somewhere.

Kevin's one-line translation of Brian's answer is the best part of the clip.

Full episode is up now.

The Supreme Court removed the federal preemption defense freight br...

09/18/2026

🏆 BATTLE OF THE BAY VICTORY! ⛳️🌊

What a day for Corona del Mar Girls Golf! 💙 The Sea Kings came ready to compete and earned the win over our cross-bay rivals, Newport Harbor!

FINAL SCORE
🌊 CDM — 215
⚓ Newport Harbor — 245

Great golf, great competition, and an even better team effort. Same Bay. Different Blue. 💙

Rivals today. Better tomorrow.

HighSchoolGolf TeamCDM NewportBeach GolfLife SeaKings ⛳️🌊🏆

09/17/2026

How do I get a same day freight quote?

To get a same day freight quote, you need three things ready: where it's coming from, where it's going, and what you're shipping — weight, dimensions, and any special handling requirements. With that information, AirFreight.com can give you options and pricing fast. Same day moves quickly by definition, so the sooner you call with the details, the more options are available. AirFreight.com.

09/17/2026

Todd Anderson says he has two customers on every load. The one paying us, and the one we're paying.

That second one matters more than people expect. When a carrier has five loads to choose from and only one truck, the company they want to work with gets the truck. Which means capacity shows up before anyone else can book it.

A carrier recently told him AirFreight was a diamond in the rough. Worth the full episode.

Todd Anderson has been an expediting agent at AirFreight.com since ...

09/16/2026

How does Brian Dreher define reasonable care?

Carefully, because nobody can define it yet. That is the whole problem.

The ruling put the burden of proof on the freight broker to show evidence of reasonable care in hiring a motor carrier. It did not say where the line sits. And with federal preemption gone, that question now belongs to the states, which means 48 different courts working toward 48 different answers.

What Brian will say is that the standard was never really optional. In his words: you still had to do the right thing, it is just that now you really have to do the right thing.

Brian is VP of Transportation at Brown & Brown. Full episode is up now.

The Supreme Court removed the federal preemption defense freight br...

09/16/2026

Before he was hosting ON AIR, Kevin Carpenter bought a one way plane ticket to Hawaii, told his wife about it after the fact, and gave himself three months to figure out the rest. That's how he ended up at AirFreight.com, working remote before remote work was normal, connecting with Dan Boaz over a shared love of Hawaii and a convenient time zone.

Twenty years in expedited freight later, here's his story: https://youtu.be/KUtpbQfKdLY

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09/15/2026

Need to move a pallet today? Here's what you needed to know.

09/15/2026

About 30% of expedited shipments happen because standard shipping missed the deadline. Here's when to skip straight to overnight, link below.

Learn when overnight freight beats standard shipping, how expedited routing works, and when the premium pays off. Get your urgent load moving today.

09/12/2026

There are two reasons freight goes expedited. Speed is the obvious one.

The other is care, and Todd Anderson explains why that one gets underrated.

This is a clip from On Air with AirFreight. Catch Todd's full episode on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

09/10/2026

What's the difference between overnight shipping and overnight freight?

Overnight shipping typically refers to small parcel service — packages under 150 pounds moving through carriers like FedEx or UPS. Overnight freight is for larger commercial shipments — pallets, crates, equipment — that move through freight carriers, not parcel networks. If your shipment fits in a box and weighs under 150 pounds, overnight shipping works fine. If it's heavier, oversized, or on a pallet, you're in overnight freight territory. Different networks, different carriers, different process.