Happy Thanksgiving to my Junior Brothers and Sisters!

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

I’m sitting on a UPS jumpseat headed to work. It’s an A300 so there’s 4 jumpseats in their own little cabin behind the cockpit With the galley and lav. I feel like a rock star! What an amazing ride. If I were a decade younger… well, I wish I could tell 30 year old me to shoot for the freighters. This is an entirely different kind of flying. Altogether.

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One of my favorite ways to get home when I was based in DTW. Northwest’s last flight to ATL was always around 8pm, same time our trips ended, so I was stuck until the next day without UPS. Quick taxi over to to their hangar, leave at 10pm, home by 5am after a nice breakfast during the sort in SDF. The crews were always fantastic. And I loved seeing the DC-8 crews throw the engines into reverse thrust inflight. Cool ride.

 

[roundout]

Are guys/gals big fans of Dinosaur BBQ? It’s not bad but I don’t get the hubbub. Is it because it’s the only BBQ around? I know whole crews that plan to go eat there when we layover in Central/Western NY state.

it’s decent and it’s the only game in town

 

[Soul Brotha']

And I loved seeing the DC-8 crews throw the engines into reverse thrust inflight. Cool ride.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

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Yup. That was an approved thing.

Might have just been the two inboard engines, can’t remember for sure. @DE727UPS?

 

[SFCC/UND]

UPS from Dallas to Phoenix? How's that routing, through SDF? I know Fedex has Alliance/Ft Worth and they do stuff like AFW-LAX. Not sure about PHX.

Not all of our flights go through SDF. DFW is a mini hub for us and there are a lot of non stop flights to other destinations.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Not all of our flights go through SDF. DFW is a mini hub for us and there are a lot of non stop flights to other destinations.

Dude! First rule of fight club! Best kept secret in commuting.

 

[EIR]

I’m sitting on a UPS jumpseat headed to work. It’s an A300 so there’s 4 jumpseats in their own little cabin behind the cockpit With the galley and lav. I feel like a rock star! What an amazing ride. If I were a decade younger… well, I wish I could tell 30 year old me to shoot for the freighters. This is an entirely different kind of flying. Altogether.

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Steer clear of the 75 and your commute will be as enjoyable as a commute can be.

 

[SFCC/UND]

Dude! First rule of fight club! Best kept secret in commuting.

Sorry, just trying to help sniff sniff.

 

[DE727UPS]

Steer clear of the 75 and your commute will be as enjoyable as a commute can be.

I never turned down a jumpseater. Have had 4 on the 757 and rode on the bench many times SDF to the west coast. The contract now limits how many company mandated must rides can go on a 75 and a distance limitation. But most Capts won't turn down commuters just cause it's cramped. "Bags in the belly" is always a smart move with jumpseaters on a 75.

 

[Doug Masters]

Got assigned a 24 hour overnight an hour and a half away from where my family is gathering for tgiving. 10:1 odds I wind up with an 11 hour overnight in Sioux Falls instead.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Let us know where you are on Thursday. As wide spread as this group is maybe an impromptu meet and greet is on the table. (On the table, on Thanksgiving, see what I did there)

Still in PHX but they found something for me to do tomorrow. Deadhead to AUS then fly to BNA.

So far today walked to Target, took the city bus back. Thinking of taking the train into Tempe for lunch now. Livin the dream.

 

[Kingairer]

I’m sitting on a UPS jumpseat headed to work. It’s an A300 so there’s 4 jumpseats in their own little cabin behind the cockpit With the galley and lav. I feel like a rock star! What an amazing ride. If I were a decade younger… well, I wish I could tell 30 year old me to shoot for the freighters. This is an entirely different kind of flying. Altogether.

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Don’t leave!!!

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Don’t leave!!!

It's so tempting. Wife threw the flag when I started talking about it though...

 

[DeltaAlphaNovember]

Got assigned a 24 hour overnight an hour and a half away from where my family is gathering for tgiving. 10:1 odds I wind up with an 11 hour overnight in Sioux Falls instead.

I had the opposite happen to me a few years ago. Scheduled to be in DTW on Thanksgiving but due to a really late flight we ended up in BNA for the night. Which is 3 hours from where i live. My wife and sis in law showed up with a big tray of food for me. Turned out to be a good day.

 

[ClearedForOption]

Are guys/gals big fans of Dinosaur BBQ? It’s not bad but I don’t get the hubbub. Is it because it’s the only BBQ around? I know whole crews that plan to go eat there when we layover in Central/Western NY state.

They just don't know what they don't know. Like the dudes in my old JFK pad that loved the "mexican food" in Kew.

There are only two places where good is good... the region that the food comes from and Vegas. Because Vegas (literally) has everything transplanted.

 

[Kingairer]

They just don't know what they don't know.

Agree

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Yup. That was an approved thing.

Might have just been the two inboard engines, can’t remember for sure. @DE727UPS?

DC-8's? You're old!

 

[SurferLucas]

DC-8's? You're old!

I rode a DC-8 from PDX to BFI back in 07/08, just for the fun of it

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

I rode a DC-8 from PDX to BFI back in 07/08, just for the fun of it

I'm older than him. I remember growing up and sitting on my fence between 5:00-5:30 waiting for the old smokey Emery DC-8 super stretch to take off out of KTUS.

 

[Kingairer]

I rode a DC-8 from PDX to BFI back in 07/08, just for the fun of it

One of my regrets is not jumpseating on something like that just for the experience of it.