FDX (and maybe UPS?) "Sweeps" - A Question from an Outsider
01-07-2008, 05:44 PM
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2007
Posts: 181
Originally Posted by koz2000
One of the sweeps for FDX is the Duluth flight on the Bus - Sit at the airport for an hour at the luxury DLH ramp office - the best in our system 
- then you fly a big zig-zag across to South Bend,IN back to Springfield, MO then on to Memphis - what really sucks is when ATC asks if you want to go direct to MEM and you have to say no..... The flight miles are more than double the direct flight.. FUN!!
Oh and you leave DLH with about 5K in cargo so you've got plenty of room to add on freight.
- then you fly a big zig-zag across to South Bend,IN back to Springfield, MO then on to Memphis - what really sucks is when ATC asks if you want to go direct to MEM and you have to say no..... The flight miles are more than double the direct flight.. FUN!! Oh and you leave DLH with about 5K in cargo so you've got plenty of room to add on freight.
