Velocipede
New Member
Actually, I am a freight dog. We have a freighter and 6 combis. Of course I'm not a misogynist so you may be right.
What's so great about flying freight?
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Homewrecker
You're right. I should leave him alone to fight the man *Fist held high*!!
I guess me too. Drat, foiled again. Am I even worthy of moderating this forum topic at all?
scooter2525
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ppragman
FLIPY FLAPS!
only because you said "drat".
Whoa whoa wooooooo, drat's a little risque for this forum don't you think, lets not perpetuate that.
Yup, playing tag with a buddies' 8-year-old. It was the most expensive game of tag in history.
Crutches: $100
3 months lost wages: $6,000
Surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles: $8,000
Feeling like an 8-year-old again: Priceless
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
FLX has mostly day flgihts (although not all). I think some of the other smaller-aircraft check haulers do too (Ram, for example). Don't know about airnet or amflight, but I'd guess they have at least a few. When you hit the "big leagues", I know senior guys at UPS can bid all day trips, but I imagine it takes a while to get there.
While they exist, if you fly freight, odds are you're going to wind up flying a large number of hours at night sooner or later. It's not that bad once you get used to it, although I confess popping a beer at 6am still feels kind of shameful. Not so shameful that I don't do it, mind you.
While they exist, if you fly freight, odds are you're going to wind up flying a large number of hours at night sooner or later. It's not that bad once you get used to it, although I confess popping a beer at 6am still feels kind of shameful. Not so shameful that I don't do it, mind you.
That reminds me we had a 99 newbie that just finished his paper work, crack open a beer still in dispatch and in uniform one night. I guess he thought he was off duty and ok. That poor guy didn't last long.
Runs vary at AMF base to base. Most UPS runs show at 5am off by 8am back to the airport at 5pm and off by 7:59pm and the slack time between is up to you.
Almost all of our runs are day runs. Typically wheels up at 0630 and at the outstation by 0900. Finish up at base by 2000 or so. It's a long day but at least it's a day.
The sits between 0900 and 1800 or so are the worst bits. Pretty boring although the time is your own so if you want to do something during the day you can.
ljg
Well-Known Member
WTF? He could have at least waited until he got to his car/truck/bike/bikecycle/ground transportation...
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scooter2525
Very well Member
WTF? He could have at least waited until he got to his car/truck/bike/bikecycle/ground transportation...
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I realize ground transportation is all inclusive, but you forgot a horse...
I wanted to leave random farm animals out of this. You never know what will happen with drunken freight pilots and farm animals.
...just sayin.
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not me. I fly for the guard but I'm just now starting to look for what jobs are out there.
