135 cargo ops with travel benefits
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135 cargo ops with travel benefits
Hello all! I am considering exploring a different realm... 135 cargo operations. I hear most of these operations have a schedule similar to Outstation-Hub-Outstation. You depart the outstation at like 9-11pm and return to the outstation at like 5-7am. If you live in the outstation, which from my understanding is almost always required, you're home pretty much every day. I was wondering if any of these outfits have any travel benefits? I'm not talking CASS. I'm talking travel benefits for parents/spouses/kids, etc. Even if it were ID90/ZED fares, anything for free/reduced travel benefits?
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Jump-seating isn't like it once was...
Worked 135 cargo for many years...
Did lots if jump-seating....
Pre-Sept 11, it was pretty easy...there was always a seat available, and I often would get a cockpit jump-seat....some crews who had been together for a few days would sometimes ASK me to sit on the jump-seat even if a seat in first class was available...just to give them a new person to talk too.
Made lots of contacts, got recommendations...
But alas...it not like that anymore.
Even with a GOOD jump-seat agreement, you are the last one to get a seat in the back, and planes are now mostly full.
The saving-grace here for MOST 135 FREIGHT carriers can jump-seat on the mainline cargo outfits in the scheduled runs. But most did not have ID-90 , ETC benefits, cause usually the carrier must be a feeder ti get those for it employees.
Did lots if jump-seating....
Pre-Sept 11, it was pretty easy...there was always a seat available, and I often would get a cockpit jump-seat....some crews who had been together for a few days would sometimes ASK me to sit on the jump-seat even if a seat in first class was available...just to give them a new person to talk too.
Made lots of contacts, got recommendations...
But alas...it not like that anymore.
Even with a GOOD jump-seat agreement, you are the last one to get a seat in the back, and planes are now mostly full.
The saving-grace here for MOST 135 FREIGHT carriers can jump-seat on the mainline cargo outfits in the scheduled runs. But most did not have ID-90 , ETC benefits, cause usually the carrier must be a feeder ti get those for it employees.
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