Let's Hear it Folks ! You Might be a FR8DOG if......

[pilotyip]

pampered cargo puppy?

I am not sure you can still be considered a freight dog any more if your company provides in flight meals or you fly a glass cockpit. Next thing your going to tell me is you don't have to unload your own plane.

if not a frghtdawg, maybe a pampered cargo puppy?

 

[Flyingdutchman]

Exactly. If you join the ranks of lets say UPS or FedEx you no longer have the right to claim being real freight trash.

I am not sure you can still be considered a freight dog any more if your company provides in flight meals or you fly a glass cockpit. Next thing your going to tell me is you don't have to unload your own plane.

 

[cherry20's]

Agreed! 100%

 

[woog315]

You might be a freight dog if:

You fly a four-engined glass-cockpit airliner from Western Europe to Southeast Asia and the crew meals and drinks are kept in styrofoam and plastic picnic coolers strapped to the floor.

this must be a joke post

 

[woog315]

do i qualify as a freight dog if i find myself running across an overpass at 11pm trying to get to subway before they close from my hotel because the company left us on the road and wont get us a rental car?

 

[nosewheel]

You might be a FD if .....

You piss on the Cargo Door in flight in hopes that it will freeze in the seals to stop the air noise so you can have a quiet smoke.

An old trick on the DC-8 way back when before they gave us porta potties.

 

[Flyingdutchman]

Woog -

Yes, you qualify my friend.

Nosewheel -

Now thats funny shjit.

 

[lansen]

..... If you were reading this thread from start to finish only to have the phone go off when you were finally tired enough to sleep. have fun in ATL
...When you pray that your phone doesn't die/has good service cause you are too poor to afford AAA batteries for your pager

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

You might be a FD if .....

You piss on the Cargo Door in flight in hopes that it will freeze in the seals to stop the air noise so you can have a quiet smoke.

An old trick on the DC-8 way back when before they gave us porta potties.

We used paper on the F27.
Actually worked

CE

SKsssssSSSS *THUNK*

 

[727gm]

this must be a joke post

Sadly, it's not.

 

[727gm]

do i qualify as a freight dog if i find myself running across an overpass at 11pm trying to get to subway before they close from my hotel because the company left us on the road and wont get us a rental car?

I guess so, if the "company" employs you to fly freight, and said freight resides on the main deck of your aircraft....

If not, the above MIGHT qualify you for honorary FD status if the company kept you out for an unexpected extra week, and then took their time about getting you a ticket home.

 

[belchfire]

You might be a freight dog if you have ever tried to use your room key to pay the bar tab...

 

[Jurasicpilot]

Might be a freight dog if the bartender knows your schedule and the local lot lizards will give you a sympathy f*** once a month.

or my signature below is a good one.

 

[shortbus driver]

when you load the freight and only put on the uniform when you get to the hub because otherwise the shirts get ruined from sweat....

When in Alaska you fly around in a grid for 2 hours looking for a fishing lodge's strip only to finally decide you find it...land and pray to God you found the right one because you have to have to leave the freight there in order to take off

 

[StandBy1]

You might be a FD if you've ever kicked the driver off a forklift 'cause even tho' yer not certified on the hi-lo you can do the job waaaaaaaay quicker

 

[time builder]

You might be a FD if you've ever kicked the driver off a forklift 'cause even tho' yer not certified on the hi-lo you can do the job waaaaaaaay quicker

Ha, that's good. Along the same lines you could interchange fueling and deicing with this one. Hate to get dirty, but hey, if you're a true freight dog....

 

[Princedietrich]

If you can shoot an 1800RVR VV0 ILS in severe turbulence with a burrito in one hand and a spit cup in the other, you might be a freight dawg

 

[Way2Broke]

If your excited about the idea of flying a beech 99 you might be a freight dog.

If you think glass is for kids and your only 26 you might be a freight dog.

If "east bound and down" is the anthem of your career you might be a freight dog.

If you have ever carried a pager and you were not selling drugs you might be a freight dog.

If you have ever done laundry in the sink of the hotel in Laredo or El Paso you might be a freight dog.

If you have ever used a hotel room hair dryer to dry said undies you might be a freight dog.

If you know that the handoff to Montery means your on your own you might be a freight dog.

If 9am seems late you might be a freight dog.

If you know the difference between the Taco Palenque at the mall and the real Taco Palenque you might be a freight dog.

If you have ever been robbed while at the hotel you might be a freight dog.

If you have lived within a hour of Detroit you might be a freight dog (or stupid).

If your heros include Nascar drivers and Caneman you might be a freight dog.

If Flight Info is like a second home you might be a freight dog.

 

[nosewheel]

One time way back when the company put us in a different motel/hotel in SFO because they (as usual) forgot to book us rooms. The rooms were very cool and had a Large Hottub right in the middle of the suite. Unfortunately the hotel didn't have a laundry room and it was time ,as I had been on the road for 2 weeks without doing laundry so... I went up to the local mini mart and bought a box of Tide and fill up the old Hottub, in went me and my clothes, put her on High ( Max Blow) and sat back with a six pack, relaxed and let the tub do the work. Drying the clothes was a little more difficult as I had to turn on every lamp in the room and hang the items on the lamps plus the baseboard heaters. It got very warm in the room to say the least but..Got Er Done !!!

 

[LittleLearBoy]

OK, I have read almost all of these just so I don't repeat any:

When you drive in the left lane so the rumble strips on the highway wake you up.

When your policy for T-storms is "Don't be late, penetrate"

When day old popcorn is still fresh to you.

When you "cup and fart" then fan yourself to stay awake.

And for my lost friend at BAC in BKL, The line guy gives you catering left over from the other day because he feels food stamps aren't enough.

The best days of my career by far....

 

[Princedietrich]

And for my lost friend at BAC in BKL, The line guy gives you catering left over from the other day because he feels food stamps aren't enough.

I used to sling Jet-A there from winter 99 to winter 2000.

 

[727C47]

if you fly into the sierra madre at night,in weather,in an airplane old enough to be your mother,and father,to shoot a full non-precision approach,and your uniform of the day is a pair of jeans,a "Jersey City Fishing Club".T-shirt,a beat up leather jacket,and a 3 day growth of beard, and its 0145 in the morning,and the only other traffic on the frequency is that C46 that just passed you el norte bound , at 10000, chances are really good that you are ,or were a freight dog, ahhhh the memories,round engines,tailwheels,leather jackets,strong coffee,sheer exhaustion,and the words of Ernie Gann,and St.Ex,made flesh, God bless it !

 

[timeless]

If you've watched 3 episodes South Park in spanish in Saltillo while waiting for freight.

If you've ever sold Nintendo Wii's from your hotel room at $100 profit each while waiting for a trip.

If you've have had a rental car airborne a couple of times on purpose and once accidentally.

If you have ever used the company card at Amtrak and Howard Johnson in the same week.

If you are pretty sure you are the only one flying around at FL200 in an unpressurized airplane.

If you think a J-bar would be fun in a skate park.

 

[Birddog]

Well done. I am proud to know you. Let me add, if you have been checked into 2 hotels in two different time zones with two rental cars in your name at the same time, but you are not within 500 miles of any of them.

 

[LittleLearBoy]

I used to sling Jet-A there from winter 99 to winter 2000.

I flew in there for almost 5 years. Started in 98 and ending it in 02. Jim D. was the line guy I was talking about. He was funny as Sh^t. He passed away back in 04 I think from a heart attack.

What shift did you work? You can PM me.

 

[Princedietrich]

PM incoming

 

[Way2Broke]

If you have ever done over 432 hours on "reserve" in a given month you might be a freight dog.

 

[Way2Broke]

You might be a freight dog if you have ever tried to use your room key to pay the bar tab...

It would be even cooler if the bartender swiped it and said have a good night.

 

[belchfire]

It would be even cooler if the bartender swiped it and said have a good night.

No such luck...hehehehehe

 

[pipe]

If your best landings come at 0430 because of the eight inches of virgin snow still on the runway.............Followed shortly thereafter by putting your car in the ditch because there is still eight inches of virgin snow on the road.

PIPE