Tango Logistics Team

April, 2012
Tango Logistics Team

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additional capacity out of various markets to aid and assist with meeting our customer needs.
Here’s a little bit about our logistics team.

• Helen Hutchinson - Accounts Payable: • Anita LeGrand - Logistics Coordinator:
Helen has been with Tango for 7 years. Throughout Anita has been working for Tango for 9 years. She
those years, she has worked in Data Entry, Operations married her high-school sweetheart 40+ years ago.
Receptionist, Logistics and Billing. Helen and her Being a country girl, she really enjoyed the ride to
husband, Rick, have been married for 40 years. They work every day from Stonewall,LA to Hall Summitt, LA.
have 2 children as well as 3 grand-children. Helen During that drive, she would take in the nice scenery of
would like to thank Tango’s drivers for always going the country homes and large farmlands and reminisce
the extra mile. “Tango has some great drivers! They about living on her 100+ acre farm.
never tell me no when I call on them to help me with a • Margaret Jiles - Logistics Coordinator:
special project.” Margaret has worked for Tango for 8 years. The first year
• Richard Cahn - Logistics Manager: she was in the Recruiting Dept as a Verifier, since then,
Richard has been with Tango 9 years this month. His she has been a Logistics Coordinator. Margaret says that
previous positions consisted of: Driver Manager, a NASCAR is her passion and loves every minute of it
Planner, worked in Logistics, and a Logistics Manager. because of the fast-paced environment like the trucking
Richard has been married for 7 years to Jacee and they industry.
have 2 girls, Maggie and Emma, who are 11 months • Jeremy Britnell - Logistics Coordinator:
apart. Richard considers his co-workers more like Jeremy has been with Tango 9 years, he has worked in
family than just a team he works with. “We spend more Pricing/Rating, Trailer Management, Driver Manager,
time together than with our families. There has been and as a Logistics Coordinator. He is married to his
alot of great moments through the years but the wife, Courtney and has 2 sons that are 2 and 7 years
personal moments mean the most to me ...... Anita old. Jeremy enjoys working with his co-workers that
getting married, watching Jeremy recover from a serious are more like his family. In his spare time, he enjoys
injury, and supporting a co worker / friend through a gourmet cooking and playing tennis.
very tough time.”

(46) and (Jesus) said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, (47) and that
repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. - Luke 24:46-47

A Message From The Gormans

We are pleased to announce some major changes

to our benefits package that will become effective
on June 1st. Drivers will now become eligible for
our Corporate Health Insurance plan the first of the
month (following 90 days employment). The one year
waiting period no longer applies. The cost of health
insurance varies depending on family size. In addition
to the health insurance changes, all Tango Employees
will be eligible to enroll for a $10,000 Life Insurance
Policy. The cost for the Life Insurance will be paid
entirely by Tango. You will need to complete some
forms. These forms will be available at the Shreveport
or West Memphis Terminals. If you prefer you may
also call HR and they will mail a packet to your home.
We are very happy to make these changes to your
benefit plan. These changes were made possible in
large part because of the outstanding customer service
and professionalism that our customers have become
accustomed to our drivers providing. Your hard
work has earned us many new opportunities and it is
only right that our drivers should benefit. Thanks for
continuing to Drive our Business!
This past week was a very special time for Christians all over the world as we celebrated Easter and the Resurrection
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our Easter wish, is that you experience the joy and comfort that a relationship
with a Living Jesus brings. Happy Easter to all of our teammates and customers.
Robert Gorman, Chairman & CEO • BJ Gorman, President • Chris D. Gorman, Executive Vice President

Included In This Issue

• Tango Logistics Team
• Critical Event Reporting
• J&A Transportation
• HR Corner
• Tango Volunteering
• April is Distracted Driving

Awareness Month
• Team Tango: On The Move

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(CER) Critical Event Reporting

Hard Braking triggers a warning when a vehicle is and mistakes of other drivers. By remaining alert and
observing the actions of other motorists the professional
traveling at more than 20 mph and its speed decreases driver can avoid dangerous situations before they result
by at least 9 mph per second for three consecutive in an accident.
calculations, each made two seconds apart.

• Monitors hard-braking. Know how long it will take to stop.
• Sends near real-time alerts to the Safety Department Stopping distance is determined by four factors:
1. Perception time
when a critical event occurs. 2. Reaction time
• Collects on-board second-by-second sensor data 3. Brake-lag time
4. Time it takes to stop the vehicle once the brakes
before, during, and after an event.
• Records objective information safety managers can have engaged

use during the CER investigation.
• Delivers graphical satellite-images and hybrid

maps of incident time and location to the Safety
Department.
• Audible alert to driver when a CER is generated.

Professional defensive drives “unfortunately” can be The time it takes to recognize a hazard, react, and
placed in a situation where hard breaking may be apply the brakes can easily take three seconds. Taking
necessary to avoid an accident. In most cases, a hard this into account, at 60 mph your vehicle will travel
braking event could have been prevented. Often is approximately 255 feet before the brakes engage.
the result of a distracted driver or a driver that has Your vehicle will travel an additional 200 feet after the
created bad behavioral driving. A professional driver brakes begin to slow you down, bringing your total
will not allow distractions in or out of the cab to affect stopping distance to 455 feet, seven times the length of
the safe operation of the vehicle. Professional drivers an average tractor-trailer.
understand what “stale Green light” is as well as proper Team, if the qualcomm reports a hard braking event
following distance. from your truck, you will most likely be contacted
Improper speed and space management is one of the by the Safety Department to make sure you are OK.
most serious errors a professional driver can make. Please, in the event of a hard brake, check your load
Driving too fast for conditions, recklessly tailgating to make sure it remained stable. If you are hauling a
other motorists, and failing to yield the right-of-way high center of gravity load, i.e.; roll stock and it has
are just a few examples of poor driving habits that can shifted, contact your Driver Manager to have the load
quickly lead to a serious collision. Professional drivers re-adjusted before proceeding.
know that driving safely requires a keen awareness of Thank You to all our Professional Drivers. I do
changing traffic, road, and weather conditions. They Appreciate YOU
remain aware of their surroundings and are prepared - Ivan Buckner
to recognize hazards that may appear suddenly.
Professional drivers also understand that avoiding
accidents often means compensating for the actions

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DOT Orders J&A Transportation To Shut Down

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on FMCSA said it ordered the shutdown of J&A
Transportation after safety investigators found that
Monday, April 9, announced that it has declared New the truck company continued to operate without an
Jersey-based J&A Transportation Inc. an imminent active USDOT number and valid operating authority.
hazard to public safety and has ordered the commercial Investigators also discovered that the company
truck company to shut down its operations. FMCSA operated vehicles that had serious mechanical defects
said it placed J&A Transportation out-of-service after and were not regularly inspected and repaired.
numerous roadside inspections found multiple hours- Additionally, the company’s drivers had serious hours-
of-service driver and vehicle maintenance violations. of-service and driver qualification violations.

The order also applies to J&A Transportation’s principals “FMCSA takes it’s responsibility seriously by removing
and drivers. “Safety is our top priority at the U.S. unscrupulous truck companies off the road.” said
Department of Transportation.” said U.S. Transportation FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro. “Companies that
Secretary, Ray LaHood. “Commercial truck companies disregard safety will be shut down!”
whose disregard of the law places the traveling public
at risk will not be allowed to operate on our nation’s ccjdigital.com
highways.”

HR Corner

On March 13, Rebecca Rutherford

and April Perkins had the pleasure of
representing Tango Transport at the
Veterans Job and Resource Fair held at
the Bossier Civic Center. They were able
to visit with several of the 209 attendees
including veterans, spouses of veterans,
and their dependants about employment
opportunities here at Tango.

Did you know Tango Employees receive Rewards outstanding performance. Rewards Points may be used
to purchase a variety of items. Do you know how many
Points? Rewards Points are added to your “account” Rewards Points you have? You can check by logging
when: you are hired, when you reach an annual into iEmployee with your given password. If you do not
anniversary date, volunteer and/or donate, or have your password, contact HR.
when you are acknowledged by your manager for

Tango Employees can receive discounts several area retailers. Contact HR Director Julie Andreoni at:

JAndreoni@tangotransport with any questions. Check out these participating retailers:
1. Splash Kingdom Waterpark (Shreveport)
2. AT&T
3. Verizon
4. Nicky’s Mexican Restaraunt (near the Corporate Office location only)
5. Holiday Inn Express on Financial Plaza (20% off lunch and dinner buffet) ($59 room rate)
6. Pizza Hut (near the Corporate Office location only)

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Tango Volunteering

On March 24th, Tango had a city-wide food drive for What a blessing it was to watch people pull up and hand
us bags of food to be given to those in need. All through the
the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana. Our shuttle driver, day, people would bring food and say how they appreciated
Ginger, who volunteered her Saturday pulled up bright and Tango and our generous support.
early into the Kroger’s parking lot with one of our beautiful At the end of the day, we collected 1,370 lbs. of food and
Tango truck and trailer. Volunteers from Tango and the Food $375 in cash. The Food Bank was so appreciative and said
Bank starting showing up to get ready for the day. Karen the food and money would go a long way in helping those
Hooks, from the Billing Department, had the cheerleaders in need. Thanks Tango and all the Volunteers who helped to
from Claiborne Elementary there to hand out flyers in front make that day a great success! - Paula George
of Kroger. The girls were so cute and did such a good job
getting the people who were shopping at Kroger to buy
extra food for the food bank.

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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Keep Your Eyes on the Road and Your Hands on the Steering Wheel:
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Distracted driving takes many forms. It can
range from texting, grooming oneself, talking to
passengers, to changing the radio station. Even
using a hands-free phone can result in distracted
driving causing a motorist to fail to notice
something in plain view.
Each year, thousands are injured or killed in vehicle
accidents that could be avoided.
Anything that takes your attention away from
the task of driving is extremely dangerous. “It’s
important to keep your focus on the road and to
avoid anything that takes your eyes and your mind
away from driving.”
Please remember: the use of an electronic device
(cellphone, GPS device, etc.), or other distractions,
either inside or outside of the vehicle, can be
extremely dangerous.

******** Please Drive Safe! ********

Tango Tykes!

Tonja Petree works in Payroll for Tango When Driver Manager, Diane Stewart’s
and this is her son Andrew. He’s all decked grandson Hunter is not playing football,
baseball or bowling, he loves to spend time
out in the Tango Gear for the camera.
Lookin’ good Andrew! with his favorite horse, Bingo.

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Team Tango: On the Move

Happy Congratulations on
Anniversary! Clean Inspections!

1 Year 3 Years Updated Logs & Pre-Trips! March Spencer Jarrett
(as of 3/31/2011) Samuel Lee
Raymond Carpenter Roy Madden Larry McCuller
Sheldeon Joiner Daniel Fleener Otis Dixon, Jr. Walter Moss, Jr.
Constance Graham Newton Lindsey Charles Ball Ralph Robinson
Michael Pollock Jason Smith Jerry Todd
Bruce Ray 4 Years Albert Jones Randy Tyler
Robert Rogers Michael Jones Brian Washington
Donald Davis James Carley John McCauley Terry Jones
Gary Dupas Jonathan Felts Charles Belman Wilbur Prince
Cecil Godejohn Willie Gillespie Randy Reinke Karl Brock
Ernest Gregory Michael Hales Marshall Ayers
Ronald Johnson Timothy Julian Ivanlu Carter
Albert Jones Alonzo Ragster Anthony Ball
Jeffery Kilpatrick Clifford Stubbs Harry Gauthier
Charles Newman Dennis Tucker
Robert Randle $75 reward!
David Robinson 5 Years
Harold Rogers Oops! We made a mistake... Nathaniel Henley had a clean
Harvey Sanders Gordon Reynolds DOT Inspection back in January and in the March newslet-
Roy Shipman Amy Borne ter his name was spelled Nathaniel Henry instead of
Jonathan Squier Nikki Carrington Henley. Sorry about that Nathaniel.
Randy Tyler Ricardo Guerrero
Frederick Wheeler Swanda Powell
Roy White
6 Years
2 Years
Daniel Davis
Melvin Robertson Tommy Page
Tamara Phelps
Deborah Salvail 7 Years
Barry Shumate
Brian Clopton Jeffery Stewart
Curtis Dick John Feneck
Dolores Duran
Delbert Milton 9 Years

Sharmen Pennington
Joel Kesterson

Connect with Tango:

Suggestions from drivers
including: providing a vehicle at
the Shreveport terminal, and
an area to drop off & pick up
empty trailers are now in effect.
Keep the suggestions coming!

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[email protected] or mail to 6009 Financial Plaza, Shreveport, LA 71129.

Mailed in photos will be returned promptly and in good condition.

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