Delta now or Fedex in 2 years

[Zulu]

Darn, you got me beat. I flew 374 hrs w/ 39 landings. Shooting for 300 this year with 25 landings.

252 block here but 73 landings -- I must be working too hard. %#@$ Mobile out-and-backs.

Z

 

[Way2Broke]

dang! Some People Have All The Problems! Gesh!

 

[ableone]

Keep in mind that FEDEX is funding UAV research. Word from the FAA is that the first approved routing will be on a 757 testbed flying ANC to Asia around 2015.

 

[refplusnone]

Jacked up? I flew 342 hours last year a lot of that I picked up. At $900/block-hr for 07 and now here I sit in Paris for three days, who is flying the jacked up schedule?

The guy should do both. Wait until the fall out from mergers and see who life aint worth living.

Fly as little as you want but how much of that 342 hours you flew last year agreed with your natural sleep?

When I stated "jacked" up schedule I was not talking about how much you worked, but more of how much time was used at your own expense to recover.

I would agree with call to do both, but I'm not among the masses who think that Fdx is the holy grail. Working for 90's pay and retirement benefits is not my idea of an ideal job.

Ref

 

[AV80R]

Or you could go to DAL.... stay at DAL..... and add 10 years to your life by not working a jacked up schedule for the next 30 years.

Flame away with the furlough or F/O pay speak. But I'd rather work a schedule more conducive to the bodies natural clock vs stuck with "flipping" my body clock every week.

I know this thread is about Delta or Fedex but when I compare my schedule (UPS) to my friends' schedules at purple they seem to be very similar. Until about 2 years ago I too thought that cargo flying was all about night flying however there is plenty of day flying at both purple and big brown if that’s what you prefer. Personally I had more night landings at Airtran than here at UPS so I think your assumptions are pretty inaccurate.

 

[Reebo]

Darn, you got me beat. I flew 374 hrs w/ 39 landings. Shooting for 300 this year with 25 landings.

I'm curious. How do you guys do that? Is it common or are you just one of a few.

At SWA we make good cash, but we fly our a**es off to get it. :crying:

 

[Zulu]

I'm curious. How do you guys do that? Is it common or are you just one of a few.

At SWA we make good cash, but we fly our a**es off to get it. :crying:

There are a couple of things that drive it. First, with our manning right now, the reserves aren't being used very heavily. Also, due our system form, the majority of our trips pay trip rig instead of block. For example, I fly mostly short leg out-and-backs that end up blocking under 3 hours but pay 6.

Z

 

[Xfr8dog]

Keep in mind that FEDEX is funding UAV research. Word from the FAA is that the first approved routing will be on a 757 testbed flying ANC to Asia around 2015.

Is there any truth to this? I did a search and came up dry.

 

[AV80R]

Is there any truth to this? I did a search and came up dry.

I'm sure there's research going on but I bet you every student pilot of today will long be retired before he/she sees airlines using airplanes with a 1-pilot only cockpit.
25 years or so later we might be seeing first commercial UAV flights. I certainly am not going to lose any sleep over this.

 

[Friedaloo]

Not to mention the possible merger with NorthWest. Get on ASAP. It is all about seniority in this business. Take the first job offered. If you have stuff in with FedEx they understand taking another job waiting for them to call.

Be able to go back to the previous job, when you get furloughed after whatever merger DAL decides to do also! So you can build seniority while not working there!