FedEx jumpseat
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PHL_Approach
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Should help answer a number of things
http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/jumpseating-on-cargo-carriers.118335/#post-1636299
http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/jumpseating-on-cargo-carriers.118335/#post-1636299
Luigi
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Too be fair all that information is nearly 5 years old. Does anyone know if anything changed?
PHL_Approach
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Here, was able to dig up something only a year old. Yes there were some changes since that thread of 2010. But no changes that have been talked about in the forum since this one from last Spring.
http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/cass-and-cargo.195323/page-2#post-2250515
http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/cass-and-cargo.195323/page-2#post-2250515
manniax
Well-met in the Ka-tet
FedEx Jumpseat Schedule:
http://www2.alpa.org/fdx/jumpseat/
Jumpseat Line- 866-357-5711
Check in 1 hour prior to flight — No exceptions
Cancel reservations if not using jumpseat to avoid penalty (6 month ban.)
http://www2.alpa.org/fdx/jumpseat/
Jumpseat Line- 866-357-5711
Check in 1 hour prior to flight — No exceptions
Cancel reservations if not using jumpseat to avoid penalty (6 month ban.)
Brett Spurgeon
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One perk is that they tell you right when you call if you're on or not.
Aeroscout840
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Does anybody here pay for passrider premium? If so is it worth $7.99/month?
Mach82
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I don't think it's worth the $7.99/month. Maybe if I'm a very frequent traveller I might consider it. The free version suits me just fine to see the flight options.
TrotFox ADX
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No 777 either?!?! Bummer...Ya my current location now has the B763 so my jumpseating got more limited. Wish the MD11 would come back!
nyk
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My current shop has the 777 and it's a really nice plane. I did my FAM in it. So automated and just amazing piece of machine.
McCrosky
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So, FedEx security says now 767/777 jumpseats for OAL?? I'd like to hear the reasoning behind that logic. There's a reason we referred to them as the "brownshirts"... and it wasn't just the uniforms.
kilo
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I believe the FedEx 767 and 777 aren't available to OAL because of the seating configuration. From what I understand they do not give OAL jumpseaters access to the cockpit, and on those birds they do not have separate accommodations. Maybe someone can correct me on this.
Mach82
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It is not a seating config issue per se. It is in regards to both of those airplanes do not have a hardened cockpit door, therefore all the jumpseats are considered part of the cockpit. Kind of defeats the purpose of CASS if you ask me but that is their logic as it was explained to me.
FXMXC
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This is the deal on those a/c..The 777 does not have a hardened fortified cockpit door it has a sliding curtain it actually has 4 nice seats in whats called the supernumerary area as well as the cockpit jumpseats so with no door they are all considered cockpit jumpseats. On the 767 ALL the seats as well as the lavatory is in the actual cockpit. Right now OAL dispatchers can ride on us but no cockpit access so that means no 767/777. Hopefully FX security will revisit that and change it for DXers don't know really why they have that policy OAL pilots in CASS can ride with no problem.
McCrosky
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That makes total sense, seeing how the only person to assault a FDX crew and try to crash the plane was an OAL Dxr... oh wait.
It's amazing to see how a formerly welcoming to the jumpseat carrier has really turned about. Luckily, if I absolutely, positively need to get there overnight, I can use a more dispatcher friendly cargo carrier.
PHL_Approach
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If you ask FDX... apparently Cabin Access Security System.