Originally Posted by
250kt Final
Pro tip….. if flying UPS and based in FSD or BIL one can time their arrival to the airport based on FlightAware since their runs depend on the UPS jet…no sense in showing on time if it’s late. Enjoy hitting the snooze an extra 30 min or an hour. I throughly enjoyed snoozing an extra hour when they were late or the airport was fogged in and couldn’t land. You won’t get that at DEN and SLC and I believe you got to show up at the same time everyday regardless of delays/weather since their operation doesn’t depend on a single jet.
Yeah, the SLC pilots still check the status of the UPS jets on FlightAware. But like you said, they have three jets to worry about. They especially watch the Memphis jet since it usually has like 2/3 of the expected daily freight. If it’s a couple hours late the Chief will usually clear them to arrive a little later. Just more moving parts to worry about at the bigger airports so it’s not as easy to pull off.