I'd be #29 at UPS

JordanD said:
That's one of the things I love about my job. I get enough time for myself that it's the first job I've had in years where I actually think "you know what, I'm ready to go back, I kind of miss flying."
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Meh. The air taxi flying part was more fun, and the overall experience of going to work doing medevac was much more enjoyable. Even at 3 AM. I’m sure the • commute has some to do with it, but even absent that going to work is pretty meh sometimes. Cool layovers are cool tho.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
Bots aren’t an issue. You just have to be quick.


And Bottom 5 guy wants seniority based pickups? You’ll have literally zero chance of getting a trio being in the bottom 5. At least first come, first serve you stand a chance.


I log into CS once. Leave the tab open. After a while it signs you out, but refresh logs you back in. I wait until a text alert. Then I’ll go see. You have to be quick.
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You’re on C.A. at 3:48 AM???? 😅
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
You’re on C.A. at 3:48 AM???? 😅
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That would be very rare. I can usually do a pickup beforehand. But if there’s nothing, and I need something for that day, then I may silent the phone overnight with emergency bypass on for premium and regular opentime.

Again, that’s rare. Did that only twice this year.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
That would be very rare. I can usually do a pickup beforehand. But if there’s nothing, and I need something for that day, then I may silent the phone overnight with emergency bypass on for premium and regular opentime.

Again, that’s rare. Did that only twice this year.
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That’s no way to live my guy.

One FO said he logs in 50-60 times a day 😵‍💫
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
That’s no way to live my guy.

One FO said he logs in 50-60 times a day 😵‍💫
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He probably makes more than you.


I don’t “live” that way. It was only twice this year.

I bid reserve, physically fly about 2-6 days/month on reserve, and then on days off add about three 2-day trips for pay over guarantee. This is one technique to get 500-600k+/year.
 
Roger Roger said:
TRIP #42069 WOULD BREAK RESERVE STAFFING
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Our verbiage is either "insufficient reserve availability" or (even more infuriatingly) "insufficient reserve *extension*" (meaning "we won't be able to screw some poor reserve guy into a couple of extra days if we let you do this"). A turd by any other name smells just as sweet, though.
 
Roger Roger said:
Meh. The air taxi flying part was more fun, and the overall experience of going to work doing medevac was much more enjoyable. Even at 3 AM. I’m sure the • commute has some to do with it, but even absent that going to work is pretty meh sometimes. Cool layovers are cool tho.
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I think there's general agreement on this point by those of us who have done 135 and, more specifically, Air Ambo. If I never strap another jerk's golf clubs into the lav because "they said we could take them", it'll be too soon. Likewise another phone call from a teenager at 6am letting me know that I'm "back in rest". Or another old lady insisting that we land in ASE even though it's below minimums, or "it'll be my job".

But. The layovers were often absurdly fun, and the company I kept, while dodgy by any reasonable definition, was always at least entertaining. Looking at you @cleared2takeoffyourpants, sorry, uh, @DPApilot

And then when I got to Air Ambo...most of it was boring and probably unnecessary, and a reflection of our totally f'ed medical/insurance system. But when you got one that really seemed like it Mattered, you got home and felt like you weren't just a total waste of atoms and adenosine triphosphate. Would do again.

But now I have a pension. And, more importantly, the ability to play the Grand Game of attempting to extract the maximum amount of money from the Company for the minimum amount of Work. It's not Curing Cancer, but it fills the endless numbered days well enough...
 
Boris Badenov said:
I think there's general agreement on this point by those of us who have done 135 and, more specifically, Air Ambo. If I never strap another jerk's golf clubs into the lav because "they said we could take them", it'll be too soon. Likewise another phone call from a teenager at 6am letting me know that I'm "back in rest". Or another old lady insisting that we land in ASE even though it's below minimums, or "it'll be my job".

But. The layovers were often absurdly fun, and the company I kept, while dodgy by any reasonable definition, was always at least entertaining. Looking at you @cleared2takeoffyourpants, sorry, uh, @DPApilot

And then when I got to Air Ambo...most of it was boring and probably unnecessary, and a reflection of our totally f'ed medical/insurance system. But when you got one that really seemed like it Mattered, you got home and felt like you weren't just a total waste of atoms and adenosine triphosphate. Would do again.

But now I have a pension. And, more importantly, the ability to play the Grand Game of attempting to extract the maximum amount of money from the Company for the minimum amount of Work. It's not Curing Cancer, but it fills the endless numbered days well enough...
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Agree with a lot of the above. A lot of what I liked, as usual for great jobs, was the people. Small base, and very low turnover on the med crew side meant it was like (and normally, this phrase makes me retch) a family. Even on the pilot side, there was a core group of locals that kept the vibe good even though we also had a revolving door of commuters especially during the great pilot shortage. Also, almost everything about the airplane was more enjoyable but that’s #guppythings
 
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