Ramp agents
 

Has anyone on here held a jobs as a customer service/ramp agent while going to college. I am wondering if they are somewhat flexible with hours. I am able to work holidays, evenings, but their are some days that I cant work due to classes.

I did at FedEx. They give you benefits and tuition refund of around 2500.00 usd even when in a part time status.

Were you a package handler?

Depending on how busy the airport is, you have a number of options. Working at an "outstation" offers many more chances for part-time employment than a hub as they only need you for certain times of the day versus working you for an entire 8 hour shift. Another option is a subcontractor, like ATS or Swissport.

I worked for ATS for nearly five years. While the pay wasn't nearly as high as an airline they were very flexible with my schedule, paid well enough, and I enjoyed working there. When I left, I took what basically amounts to a pay cut to play FO.

I would be working at albuquerque international sunport in new mexico

What do you mean by outstation?

I mean an airport that is a spoke rather than a hub. Rather than having flights all day they may have a few each day. When you only have a handful of flights chances are they'll not be busy all day like a hub would be.

The airport in albuqerque is not a hub but its the largest in the state.

eh doesn't really matter how big it is... it's not a hub, so it doesn't matter. it all depends on the airline too, rampers aren't employed by the airport, they are employed by the specific airline (and or contractor like pip said). they all have different schedules/benefits, so you'll have to talk to them all individually to decide which one works best for you.

One of my classmates is a Ramp Agent for AA and he recently had to drop back a class because of work. I guess he had to go down to DFW for some kind of training and he was gone for about a month. It isn't going to affect his training other than pushing his graduation date back but I don't think I would want interruptions like that.

Other than that one incident however, he doesn't seem to have any problem attending our morning class five days a week and flying 2-4 times a week on average (I think).