Originally Posted by
LRSRanger
I remember the FO getting left on the ramp because they got an extra 150 lbs of cargo onboard. UPS knew they weren't required, and would boot FOs to get more boxes on. Some runs block 6 hours a day, some less than 2. Total toss up which one you are assigned to.
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This is totally true for commercial first officers (KAL & other Eagle Jet folks.) Though I would only bump the FO if it meant we could get all of the remaining freight. If there were 300 lbs remaining, I wouldn't bump a 150 lb FO to take half of it. And UPS doesn't have the authority to direct that an FO be bumped.
For FOs that we have hired, we want them to get to 1200 hours as soon as possible so they become an asset instead of an expense. So we try to put them on high time runs as much as possible. And I haven't seen an instance when one was bumped for freight, though I can't say it hasn't happened.