No Notice Line Checks...
02-28-2007 | 02:27 PM
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Made me illegal for the line check (8 in 24), so they bumped me off that. Of course, they had already bumped the original Capt, and went though 2 more Capts to finally fill the trip. Also, the LCA was still on the trip, so I imagine that someone got a no-notice out of the deal. I wonder how much it actually cost to operate that trip?
This is one of the problems with the "optimizer/sodomizer" - no room for friction... and there's a LOT of friction in the system. Eventually they (the bean counters) will figure out that "optimization" can wind up costing a lot more than allowing the slack. Sometimes they're not real quick on the uptake and need to have things pointed out to them. (In language they understand. $o to $peak.)
This is one of the problems with the "optimizer/sodomizer" - no room for friction... and there's a LOT of friction in the system. Eventually they (the bean counters) will figure out that "optimization" can wind up costing a lot more than allowing the slack. Sometimes they're not real quick on the uptake and need to have things pointed out to them. (In language they understand. $o to $peak.)
02-28-2007 | 02:29 PM
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If you think that the bean counters (or crew schedulers for that matter) will loose one minutes sleep over how much it "cost" to operate that trip, you've got another think coming. The salaries paid to operate a full (of freight) jet is almost nothing at all. It almost doesn't even factor into the net profit for the trip because it's such a small amount. So 3 times (almost) nothing is still about nothing. It's sad but true.
02-28-2007 | 03:28 PM
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If you think that the bean counters (or crew schedulers for that matter) will loose one minutes sleep over how much it "cost" to operate that trip, you've got another think coming. The salaries paid to operate a full (of freight) jet is almost nothing at all. It almost doesn't even factor into the net profit for the trip because it's such a small amount. So 3 times (almost) nothing is still about nothing. It's sad but true.
Gee and all this time I thought we were going to destroy all of the profits by asking for a raise!
02-28-2007 | 04:26 PM
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02-28-2007 | 05:22 PM
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I'd suggest that you guys "think about this next time during negotiations" as I'll be nothing but a bad memory by then. Remember when the union did the phone polls, I was one of the guys saying I thought a 30% (immediate, upon signing) raise was a fair. You guys will have to fight the fight from the next contract, forward. Good luck!
02-28-2007 | 08:08 PM
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I had a trip in 2006: .
I drive 5 hours to work, and about halfway there for this thing my wife called - my dad was in ICU in Birmingham with a ruptured colon and severe peritonitis. I immediately called in sick and just turned east, getting there right before visiting hours ended.
I drive 5 hours to work, and about halfway there for this thing my wife called - my dad was in ICU in Birmingham with a ruptured colon and severe peritonitis. I immediately called in sick and just turned east, getting there right before visiting hours ended.
02-28-2007 | 08:26 PM
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Must not have any family or anyone that he loves!
02-28-2007 | 09:21 PM
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It goes beyond that Overnite......If you have a chronic ailment brought on by this job or not, you have a Doc's apt. with a specialist(you know how hard to get one with a good doc is) and you don't get your bid award to go to said Doc appt....should you call in sick?
More than one ACP and a CP don't think so..........Lock step. Hut Hut.
Make no mistake...DM had to get approval to sent that mass E-mail...who do you think approved it.
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03-01-2007 | 04:07 AM
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Yeah, sure. Usually after 4 or 5, middle of the night hub turns. Other than that, actually..... Maybe. We have this one woman, who is absolutely fantastic. A wonderful body, great personality (really!), beautiful face, good pilot, very bright (as in smart). All in all, no missing parts. It's too bad that she's been married 3 or 4 times, always to FedEx pilots. Guess with all she has going for herself, she's still a slow learner. But she is fantastic.
03-01-2007 | 05:36 AM
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