SWA vs UPS
12-04-2018, 07:10 PM
#41
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Originally Posted by DirtyPurple
Elephant? Cool story bro. I guess flying less than half the block hours over a 30-year career makes the lowly box hauler die sooner? I’ll take my 400 block hours a year in a widebody any day. I’m not a math guy, but 1000 block hrs a year as a pax bubba is...greater than 2x the radiation exposure? Pray tell, doctor, how is it that cargo guys universally perish at age 70?
Love to hear the uneducated stabs at cargo guys from the pax fellas. It may have been pure nights for cargo back when you rode a dinosaur to work...stick your head out of your hole and absorb some new data. Check out CURRENT bidpacks before propagating fake news.
The pension should probably be a non-factor in choosing, at least @ Purple. I’m not counting on that being there for me due to union shenanigans.
I’m sure you need to reload your quiver of Internet arrows and get back to Rachel Maddow. Cya.
Love to hear the uneducated stabs at cargo guys from the pax fellas. It may have been pure nights for cargo back when you rode a dinosaur to work...stick your head out of your hole and absorb some new data. Check out CURRENT bidpacks before propagating fake news.
The pension should probably be a non-factor in choosing, at least @ Purple. I’m not counting on that being there for me due to union shenanigans.
I’m sure you need to reload your quiver of Internet arrows and get back to Rachel Maddow. Cya.
12-04-2018, 07:13 PM
#42
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: 737 Right
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LIVE IN DOMICILE. Commuting blows big time!
Regardless of what major airline you end up at money will not be a problem for you so choose QOL which always means living in domicile regardless of whether that is pax or freight job.
And if you are 6 months into your job at Southwest and living in a domicile you should be seeing by now that with our current overstaffing of F/O's you can get paid to sit at home on reserve. I will end they year with over 110 days of unused reserve. You're not going to do that as a commuter.
Regardless of what major airline you end up at money will not be a problem for you so choose QOL which always means living in domicile regardless of whether that is pax or freight job.
And if you are 6 months into your job at Southwest and living in a domicile you should be seeing by now that with our current overstaffing of F/O's you can get paid to sit at home on reserve. I will end they year with over 110 days of unused reserve. You're not going to do that as a commuter.
12-04-2018, 11:25 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by symbian simian
There are several studies that suggest flying night cargo even for the best cargo companies reduces your life expectancy by about 10 years compared to equally educated people who sleep when it is dark. You are more than welcome to close your eyes (haha) to the facts.
Oh no. Shortness of breath. I can’t feel my face! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up. I could of lived to a ripe old age but Symbian’s Studies got me! I wish I flew red-eyes for the majors and avoided this fate.
I’m closin my eyes! Symbian Studies was right!! Why did we negotiate an A plan!!! Whyyyyyyyyy?......
12-05-2018, 05:39 AM
#44
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12-05-2018, 05:42 AM
#45
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Originally Posted by symbian simian
There are several studies that suggest flying night cargo even for the best cargo companies reduces your life expectancy by about 10 years compared to equally educated people who sleep when it is dark. You are more than welcome to close your eyes (haha) to the facts.
Yes, there are studies that discuss mortality and life expectancy for shift workers, which arguably cargo pilots are...but I am not aware of a single study specifically focused on professional pilots - who are healthier than the average population with significantly more than average income and time off.
12-05-2018, 11:42 AM
#46
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Joined APC: May 2009
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Well I’m at B6, so I’m screwed given the number of transcon red eyes we fly. Oh, hey there Fedex XXX, it’s us again right behind you.
Three years in the job I ran into one of my new hire classmates that went to the “before midnight only” E190. Hadn’t seen him since indoc. First words out of his mouth...”You look like $#!T” Thanks, I guess.
Three years in the job I ran into one of my new hire classmates that went to the “before midnight only” E190. Hadn’t seen him since indoc. First words out of his mouth...”You look like $#!T” Thanks, I guess.
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