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Old 05-08-2007 | 06:47 AM
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From: Retired UPS 767 Captain, SDF Z
Default There's no $$ in freight

Originally Posted by AKBeemer
Just remember "There is no money in flying cargo"
I once had my FO wet his pants when I was taxiing my venerable DC8 down the old SEL cargo ramp, and I said "too bad there's no money in freight" to a higher level UPS non-pilot bean-counting mangler sitting in my jumpseat.

It's a visual joke, the SEL cargo ramp was COVERED in 747-400s and MD11s. My long narrow-body douglo-saurus looked tiny...
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