Air Cargo Carriers Bases

[poorsillyfool]

Any info on which bases tend to go junior at ACC.

Thanks in advance.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Which seat?

 

[gt2]

ACC bases

No one stays in West Virginia long. Generally, every first officer I've flown with, with the exception of one, has left the MYR UPS run for the DHL MYR run.

 

[poorsillyfool]

Left seat?

 

[Wankel7]

It doesnt matter...its where they need you ...you will go there.

 

[Birddog]

Anything except IND

 

[aucfi]

No one stays in West Virginia long. Generally, every first officer I've flown with, with the exception of one, has left the MYR UPS run for the DHL MYR run.

Ahh the good ol MYR DHL run. Easiest run they have.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

DHN available to whoever is the luckiest.

 

[aucfi]

I got juniored there outta class and was pissed. So pissed I stayed there for my year and miss it now haha.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

There is something to flying a DHL run, living during daylight hours and leading a normal life. The time isn't too bad either.... with me we averaged at least 55 hrs/month, not alot but more than the suicide inducing MYR UPS run. Being able to have a beer on friday nights was a plus while everybody else was just dutying on and flying all night.

And of course flying with me just kicks ass so there was that benefit too.

 

[apu]

....the DHL one has to be even easier



IT is.

 

[woog315]

Could someone post an updated ACC pay scale? The one on APC says its outdated. Did the pilots recently get a raise?

 

[JetSpeed219]

I beg to differ, the PDX run was by far the easiest. I did hear they got a raise just recently, although I don't know how much it was.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

One Tuesday a month the pilots are permitted to select an item from the dollar menu at MacDonalds and use their corporate card to purchase it. Its a token of thanx for the hard work we do.

 

[JetSpeed219]

BTW I found out the raise was 3k a year.

 

[timeless]

IND will be locked down for a while and GSP is hard to get. You will be assigned a base using some sort random/favoritism system. Ability or seniority are not factors in base assignments. BKW, CRW, ASW, MYR, SBA, FAT, DHN aren't highly desired bases. Some of those might be available right out of class.

However, there is a way to chose your own base. After you get back from the sim in NY sneak into dispatch and slide your name next to your preferred base on the highly advanced marker board scheduling system. They will assume they made the decision themselves.

Sometimes I wonder how big the marker board is at places like FedEx and UPS.

 

[timeless]

One Tuesday a month the pilots are permitted to select an item from the dollar menu at MacDonalds and use their corporate card to purchase it. Its a token of thanx for the hard work we do.

Wendy's $1.00 menu strictly prohibited. Wendy's purchases will be deducted from you check plus a 30% penalty.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Bite me.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

That marker board idea is priceless.....

FWIW i got BKW out of training (high turnover base as it well sucks in every aspect unless your from there i guess) then bid and got MYR. Quite happy in myrtle, then bid on a captain spot and got it. You can get what you want sometimes.

Half the battle is knowing where the movement is and opening your mouth at the right time.

 

[texarkana]

You guys gotta get into Krystal, get like 4 sliders for a few quarters!!

 

[timeless]

FAR or CYYG will now be the easiest base to get. ACC has a FAR-CYYG run listed on their website. I'm not sure where the crew will be based, but either base would be pretty rough. Brutal cold, dealing with customs 10 times a week all for about 40 hrs a month. I think the penalty box just moved from JVY to FAR.

 

[Birddog]

I do pity that poor soul. I think Fargo was founded to be a penalty box. Its just that no one ever told the people there that they could leave when their time was up.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Believe it or not but someone bid for it. I think 2 people were interested in it. Might be more scenic than other parts.

Could be worse, could be spending the night across the southern border everynight...

 

[timeless]

I used to drive a truck from Grand Forks to Winnipeg once a week. It is not scenic up there. It is flat, treeless and cold. The guys that bid for it must be some former UND grads that wanted to get back up there.

By looking at the schedule it looks like the run would almost have to be based in Winnipeg. Free health care and 18 year olds at the bar can't be all bad. Go Blue Bombers. Sh!t, where did the Jets go.

 

[Birddog]

I used to drive a truck from Grand Forks to Winnipeg once a week. It is not scenic up there. It is flat, treeless and cold. .

And that is in the summer time. Glad I didn't draw that straw during my tenure.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Canadian moose-beer

Did you used to work at the Winnepeg welcome centre or what? Geez. Way to kill it man.

From what i understand, its based in Winnipeg and overnight in Grand Forks. For me its like a choice of being based in Tibet or China.

The only saving grace is its a DHL run. Couldn't fathom dealing with the brown menace every night trans-border. Then again tazers are approved in Canada.

 

[NOMAD]

I have flown most of the routes the only thing I can say is:

LIFE IS GOOD OUTSIDE THE HUB!!!

And if you can score a DHL run life is even sweeter!

 

[mvedepo]

Did ALPA blacklist ACC jumpseaters?

 

[AlphaSierra01]

So exactly where are all of ACC's current bases?

 

[737Wannabe]

Do u guys know of any bases in OH? I know they fly into a few places here. CVG, LCK, LUK, BKL, CLE,...?