Originally Posted by
Tango Uniform
Most of these flights are from out stations that don’t have a UPS Ramp. On an outbound flight from an outstation, A package car meets the aircraft. The driver unloads the package car, The pilot loads the aircraft. Then reverse for the inbound flights.
That’s precisely why I said ramp/truck driver. It depends on the outstation. I’ve been to plenty where the driver does the loading themselves. Some will let you help and others (presumably the hard core union guys) don’t want you touching anything. The only places I’ve seen where the pilot loads are places where there isn’t more than a couple hundred pounds of boxes to load and so it doesn’t really matter to the UPS guy. And certainly, when it comes to a fully loaded 1900, like the picture Rick quoted, I would bet that wasn’t the pilot loading it. Those guys usually bid that airplane to get away from the occasional loading like the 99 guys did. But like I said, maybe that has changed since I was there? Are you currently or recently there?