Commuting as a UPS pilot
08-07-2022, 08:28 PM
#151
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Originally Posted by Aire
Anyone here have experience commuting to SDF from PNS or other Gulf Coast airports? Curious to how difficult/easy it can be? Looks like UPS flies PNS-ABY-SDF and SDF-PNS on Tu-F; anybody have experience jump-seating these?
Also, anyone use the Allegiant flight from VPS-SDF that runs Su, Th & Sa?
It all seems strait forward but wanted to hear it from someone who's done it a few times. TIA!
Also, anyone use the Allegiant flight from VPS-SDF that runs Su, Th & Sa?
It all seems strait forward but wanted to hear it from someone who's done it a few times. TIA!
I don’t think you’ll have any issues commuting out on Pensacola on UPS.
08-08-2022, 04:28 AM
#152
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Originally Posted by Ray Kinsella
UPS usually has an A300 in PNS. It goes through Albany, Ga but they usually turn it quickly there. Maybe 45 minutes on the ground. You’ll get jumpseat paperwork before and won’t have to get out of your seat in the ground. Sometimes they route it directly to SDF or through BHM. Mobile used to be our Gateway but the airport folks wouldn’t play nice with UPS do they opened a gateway in PNS 7 or 8 years ago.
I don’t think you’ll have any issues commuting out on Pensacola on UPS.
I don’t think you’ll have any issues commuting out on Pensacola on UPS.
08-08-2022, 11:25 AM
#153
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Originally Posted by FTv3
You only really see clean week on, week off lines on the domestic fleets in the form of night hub flying (“nite sort”). Long haul is most often 14 days (out of 28) broken into 2-3 work blocks of varying days: 11&3, 8&6, 6&5&3, etc.
08-08-2022, 11:46 AM
#154
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Originally Posted by Gilligan13
11&3 is rough for commuting.
08-10-2022, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Gilligan13
11&3 is rough for commuting.
08-10-2022, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Riverside
I would bid lines that had one or two days off in between trips. It was brutal since you're dishing out money for the hotel for the commute up and for the one or two nights in between trips.
If you jump into and out of trips then no need for hotel on front and back ends. Otherwise, a lot of commuters keep a Crashpad for this. I don’t mind an occasional hotel if it saves me a commute in the bid period.
08-10-2022, 05:43 AM
#157
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Originally Posted by FTv3
I would trip trade to spread the trips out.
If you jump into and out of trips then no need for hotel on front and back ends. Otherwise, a lot of commuters keep a Crashpad for this. I don’t mind an occasional hotel if it saves me a commute in the bid period.
If you jump into and out of trips then no need for hotel on front and back ends. Otherwise, a lot of commuters keep a Crashpad for this. I don’t mind an occasional hotel if it saves me a commute in the bid period.
08-12-2022, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Riverside
Usually my trip trade ends up with a lovely message saying, "denied due to insufficient reserve coverage." And with new hires going to ANC, I wouldn't suggest jumping straight into a trip.
Don’t like your bid awarded schedule, trade, drop use BV days, whatever you have to do. Can’t do that in ANC -> txsfr to SDF, switch fleets. I was the plug for several bid periods and was always able to trade into something that worked better than my bid award (in SDF). You can’t just try 1 transaction, have it get denied, then shrug your shoulders…. Sometime you have to keep trying for days, even up to a couple of weeks. Not ideal and a major pain in the rear but it’s something.
On the flip side / at the other end of the seniority spectrum, I still need to trade stuff around here and there, usually to tweak days off or make a commute easier. Hopefully the next contract will address scheduling issues more than $$
08-12-2022, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by FTv3
Obviously. Was speaking in terms of post-probation.
Don’t like your bid awarded schedule, trade, drop use BV days, whatever you have to do. Can’t do that in ANC -> txsfr to SDF, switch fleets. I was the plug for several bid periods and was always able to trade into something that worked better than my bid award (in SDF). You can’t just try 1 transaction, have it get denied, then shrug your shoulders…. Sometime you have to keep trying for days, even up to a couple of weeks. Not ideal and a major pain in the rear but it’s something.
On the flip side / at the other end of the seniority spectrum, I still need to trade stuff around here and there, usually to tweak days off or make a commute easier. Hopefully the next contract will address scheduling issues more than $$
Don’t like your bid awarded schedule, trade, drop use BV days, whatever you have to do. Can’t do that in ANC -> txsfr to SDF, switch fleets. I was the plug for several bid periods and was always able to trade into something that worked better than my bid award (in SDF). You can’t just try 1 transaction, have it get denied, then shrug your shoulders…. Sometime you have to keep trying for days, even up to a couple of weeks. Not ideal and a major pain in the rear but it’s something.
On the flip side / at the other end of the seniority spectrum, I still need to trade stuff around here and there, usually to tweak days off or make a commute easier. Hopefully the next contract will address scheduling issues more than $$
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