CASS and Cargo

TaxiBack said:
Can anyone make out the livery on this squatter? It looks like World.
It seems like somebody lied about their weight!

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It is good ole Whiskey Oscar Alpha in Kandahar or Kabul...

Caption... well... I kinda know what they said when it happened at LAX and was flashed all over CNN, FoxNews, and the rest.... there was a lot "explicative deleted" involved.
TaxiBack said:
I have to second this emotion...:biggrin: I would love to be pushing the big iron around the globe to all kinds of crazy destinations....And maybe get to js once in a while would be ok too...

Of course, I have no idea what Im talking about. But seems like 73's and CJ/RJ's would get pretty sleepy after a year or so...same same. Same cities, same plane...At least you one has El Nino to mix things up out here. (Thank you Greenhouse Gases!):stir:
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I played this game before, and some days I miss the variety and novelty. I mean, I can legitimately say I played a part of running...um.. "Machine Parts" in Africa. And that experience still serves me well today. I learned a lot about what it takes to get an overflight permit on short notice or make sure a wx reroute though a non approved FIR will work (or more importantly, which countries are really dickish about letting you in).

BUT... pushing tin in the domestic US has an entirely different set of challenges, especially to high volume hub airports on bad weather days (by bad weather I mean BKN020 and 3SM at KEWR). At least you have a pretty good idea what the Chinese will say if you wanna do a typhoon avoidance routing, but you never know when the Command Center is gonna through a whacky modified playbook route at you (SDF-EWR via GRB.... yeah sure I planned fuel for that) and then put a GDP out... followed by airborne holding (wasn't the GDP suppose to prevent that in theory??).

It all keeps the job interesting. If it was easy, everyone would do it!
 
McCrosky said:
That's weird, and I think it's kind of a bit of BS. My last job was a supplemental carrier, but we ran to full 121 flag standards, and the dispatchers were (still are) included in CASS. I also think the whole "flight following" idea is crap, and if you do a flight plan and something goes wrong, I KNOW the FAA will come for your certificate even though the responsibility reverts to the DO. A bit of double standard I think on their part. I hope this rule gets changed soon.



What's up with that? Doesn't the 'C' in CASS stand for 'Cockpit'? Is this a FedEx pilot thing? Does that also extend to OAL pilots? Would it help if I brought cookies like the old days? UPS considers the entire courier area as "cockpit" and we'll take OAL dispatchers that are CASS and have agreements (which is pretty much everyone I think).
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It is a FedEx thing.

A very long and complicated story. This all started around 1999 (I think). But basically, it revolved around the fight between the union and the company (isn't everything, LOL) with a company benefit (jumpseat status for all employees) vs the Capt's authority over the aircraft. It mainly came from the 727 crews, since they were the only a/c in the fleet that had the only jumpseats in the cockpit.
 
Just my two cents; My job title is "Flight Follower" for 121 cargo supplemental, and we are in CASS. Never had a problem riding Delta, Spirit, SWA, so far. I guess its up to company to allow CASS for FF in my case.
 
It's not just CASS. You have to have the reciprocal agreements. All CASS does is put you in a system where your mug shot comes up and says ok, you meet certain requirements. It really comes down to who says can ride on whom. At my previous airline, I could jumpseat all day on the major carriers, but I could not jumpseat on my sister carrier. The thing that sucks, is many of these reciprocal agreements forget about dispatchers. So while the pilots may be able to ride no problem on every Tom, Dick, and Harry airline out there. The dispatchers get limited to a very few.

Best bet is to make sure that you have a list of your current reciprocal agreements on your person when traveling as well.
 
Trying to get set up on my FAM on Supplemental. On my own airline, our POI has determined that I need an "Admission to Flight Deck" signed FAA Form 8430-6!

Please allow 3-5 weeks delivery. Additional one free, just pay extra shipping and handling!
 
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I recall the days when all you needed to fly in the cockpit was an employee badge and a little charm.
 
Skylease does put you in CASS. I've been able to jump seat on airline I have wanted to. Delta and US airways have been the easiest.
 
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