I am trying to ship a puppy from SLC to Chicago. Do I qualify for any discount or will I pay the same as any other customer? If so, what department would I contact?

Yes, I stand by my original statement and you backed it up. They can attempt to give you a 40 minute callout. Big difference between attempting to and actually giving you one. As you pointed out the FO showed up late with no repercussions. There is no exact value given but 2 hours is generally viewed as the cutoff point between getting yourself in trouble or not. Clearly I hurt your feelings judging by your last sentence.

I thought I read something about an actual 2 hour callout in the newest FOM revision...

That is for if you're taking your 2 hours to commute, they can give you something as soon as 2 hours after short call commences.

As far as the 40 minute thing... I'll get there when I get there. There would be zero way I'd make that even living 20 minutes away from the lot at a good time of day.

Wow. I'm half that distance to LGA and consider my house near the limits of reasonable for short call to NYC. (Based on the unwritten 2 hour rule.) It's all subjective I guess.




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Ehhh....the long-standing and accepted practice in NYC has been 2 hours(ish) in normal traffic from any one of the three (LGA, JFK, EWR). Can't help that 8 am call-out with an hour+ of traffic on the VanWyck ("They say no one's ever beaten the VanWyck...but gentlemen, I tell you this... I came as close as anyone ever has"). Many times scheduling will even authorize short-term parking (if you ask) which saves a lot of time at JFK and EWR...Laguardia, not so much these days.

Those who know what a callout is know that when the clock says 4pm when the phone rings and report time is 4:40pm, it's a 40 minute callout. These are called facts, and when you foolishly say they can't happen it's important to explain it s l o w l y and s i m p l y. Do you now understand? I thought all our applicants required a college degree, not sure how you made it through without ever taking math but congratulations either way.

I didn't say you had to show up in 40 minutes or get in trouble as you seem to have latched on to. 40 minute call out, go read the last paragraph 10 more times if it hasn't sunk in. Let me know if you need help counting to 10, my college had math. Now take a deep breath, don't kick your dog, and stop being so angry when another pilot wants to improve the profession.

There is no "40 minute callout", nor 1 hour, nor 2 hours. And there most definitely should not have been any repercussions for being "late". There is, however, a requirement to "promptly report" for an assignment. It was your personal choice to rush for a "40 minute callout". Clearly you are not based in NYC or LAX, because it would never work.



They can call all they like. You will "promptly report" when you get there.

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I think you get a 20% discount. Call Delta Cargo, they can help you out.

I can absolutely see why you would think that, however, there are days it takes me 1+40 then days it can take me 3 hours. I am not going to run up and down the Merritt parkway finding a Starbucks or chuck-e-cheese to play ski ball at depending on the time of day and possibility of them calling me at 40 minutes.

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