Michael Sales was an avid outdoorsman during the seven years in which he lived in Alaska. He attended college classes in Alaska, learning about fish and wildlife management, and underwent firearm training with the Alaska State Department of Fish and Game. He was an officer candidate in the US Army assigned to an Air Defense Artillery unit and completed application processes with three different federal law enforcement agencies. He has always been creative and works in many different art mediums.

Presently Michael Sales is the CEO of his own marketing firm, which serves as an umbrella for all of his activities. He has been his own happy client since 1988. Michael Sales currently resides in Twisp, Washington, where he continues to write. Grizzly Fond is the second installment in his Tandem Recruiters series.

Features online resources including a Freighter Directory

Foreword by Ram Menen
Welcome to Aviation Logistics01 Air cargo-trying harderSupply chains under pressure
Air cargo's strengths
Modal shift02 The world of air cargo, Oliver Evans, TIACAProfit
Planet
People03 Air cargo historyRegulations and agreements
The Berlin airlift
The growth of air freight
The air freight market today
Conclusions04 Airport connectionsGlobalization
Environmental pressures
Airport types
Integrators
Summary05 Cargo handling agents-the impact of ITEarly days
Airlines at the start of computer technology
Change factors
The role of the General Handling Agent
Conclusions06 Road feeder serviceOn the road
The European market
Conclusions07 Freight forwarderThe development of the forwarder
Associations and networks
Case study: Hellmann Worldwide

08 Cool logisticsThe cool chain
Creating standards
The cool chain business
Case study: The Fish Society goes global
Case study: Live lobster Clearwater perspective
Conclusions09 Express and mailMarket sectors
Changes in trading patterns
Integrators
Postal services
Conclusions10 Special air cargoesCharter brokers
Animals
Lift off for heavyweight freighters
Flying fashion
Art craft
On the grid
Conclusions11 Cargo security and riskCrime
Terrorism
Natural disasters
Health hazards
Cybercrime
Corruption
Conclusions12 EnvironmentThe issues
The response
Air freight's extra burden13 Innovation and trends in air logisticsThe industry leaders all agree
Changing buying habits
Case study: Helicopter delivery-what next?14 Views on the futureEnno Osinga
Alexis Sioris
Heiner Siegmund
Fred Smith
Dieter Haltmayer
Michael Sales
Stan Wraight
Ram Menen15 The law-organizations and regulations governing international aviationThe Warsaw Convention
Regulatory bodies

Glossary of common air freight terms
Index