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Old 06-03-2009, 01:32 PM
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Hello all...my name is Jamie-James Medina and I'm a photographer from London, England - currently in NYC researching a story on the cargo industry in America. If any of you would be interested in telling me your stories, please email me at the address below. Any help would be much appreciated.

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I live in a van, down by the river....
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I live in a van, down by the river....
I know a guy who lives in a truck and uses black plastic garbage bags for suitcases.
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Old 06-03-2009, 06:35 PM
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Our story is all the same. We fly cargo because the majors wouldn't hire us. The end.
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Old 06-03-2009, 07:27 PM
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Our story is all the same. We fly cargo because the majors wouldn't hire us. The end.
YGTBSM. We fly cargo because it's where we wanted to fly. And all our friends at the "majors" were on furlough. Last I checked, I was buying the beer for my buds at Delta, NW, USAir, etc.

And the guy living in the van still doesn't cash his checks and he uses WHITE plastic bags...
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Our story is all the same. We fly cargo because the majors wouldn't hire us. The end.
Hello?

I have friends at ALL of the other major airlines. There isn't one of them who wouldn't trade places with me at UPS.

You are WAY off base.
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Obviously the sarcasm gene skips a generation in some families.

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IMO, cargo's best days are behind us. It was a good run while it lasted, but we've reached the crest and it will be downhill from here.

Don't be fooled by this little bear market rally. This economy has a lot lower to fall before it's over. The fortunes of cargo pilots will be at the mercy of a contracting worldwide economy for still some time to come.
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Sell, Mortimer! Sell!
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I live in a van, down by the river....

You have a VAN ?!?!??! With a RIVERVIEW ?!?!?!

Livin' Large, Man! Livin' Large!
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