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

[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

 

[727gm]

You might be a freight dog if:

You fly a cargo aircraft and don't cry like a girl about the Age-65 change, or care when other people choose to retire from their job.

 

[belchfire]

You might be a freight dog if:

Crewsked asks you "what's the Zulu time where you are?"

 

[CMI]

You might be a freight dog if:

You takeoff VFR at night into a TS.

You think the chick that works the LRD tower sounds hot.

You have departed north from MMCS and end up on a downwind for 22 at ELP to clear customs.

You have stayed at the Micro Hotel in ELP for a week waiting for a return trip to Detroit.

You check the door seals by smoking a Marlboro.

You ask Laughlin Approach if you can “fly the river” going into DRT.

You know where the customs circle is at YIP, and have cleared two times or more in one night.

You think it is great that they load the freight for you in Mexico, but are not so sure about the drug dogs and the 17 year old Mexican Army guy’s with M16s.

You still ask yourself why the mountains look so close when doing the ARC into MMIO.

 

[belchfire]

You think it is great that they load the freight for you in Mexico, but are not so sure about the drug dogs and the 17 year old Mexican Army guy’s with M16s.

I don't get to load my own freight anymore but there are places besides Mexico where the kids with guns are a little disturbing...tempered of course by the knowledge that you don't know who might show up if they weren't there.

Makes for an interesting night's work and even happier outlook when you get airborne!

 

[ePilot22]

Bump thread...

This needs to be a sticky!










eP.

 

[727gm]

You might be a freight dog if:

You have Emery Worldwide, Custom Air, Kitty Hawk Aircargo, Astar, ABX Air, Capital Cargo, or ATI on your resume and never got fired or resigned.



An entire industry/way of life (domestic overnight heavy freight) gutted by LTL trucking...

 

[Fly91]

When you have a 1 in 7 and have tomorrow off, and you're partying till 4am getting hammered in Anchorage........along with a flight engineer that has to make his flight at 8am to operate to Hong Kong and he's still drinking.......lol

 

[DznFr$$]

727gm, you forgot Kalitta and Polar on your list.I had both, even SUBCONTRACTED to Emery. Thats pretty bad.
Fly91, I have seen that show many times, the 2 worst ones were both named Roy, at the above companies. One was the meanest guy I ever met, the other we referred to as "Snackbar" because he would eat anything, and stash food about the aircraft...in case he had to get up (found a snickers in the lav one day)
I'm sure there a plenty of people out there who know who I'm talkin about.
Those were the times I refer to as the "the good ole days"

 

[pilotyip]

You might be a freight dog if:

You have Emery Worldwide, Custom Air, Kitty Hawk Aircargo, Astar, ABX Air, Capital Cargo, or ATI on your resume and never got fired or resigned.



An entire industry/way of life (domestic overnight heavy freight) gutted by LTL trucking...

What about Zantop, Transcontential, TransAmerican, Orion, Interstate, Rosenbaum, there must be dozens more these are only ones the I remember going the Dayton sort for Emery back in the late 70's

 

[727gm]

'Cause Kalitta and Polar are still flying, and Interstate, Rosenbaum, Zantop, Orion, etc. were from another era long before the Internet and LTL. Was just listing the recent mow-down of carriers in the last economic downturn. Sorry if any other true freight dogs were offended.

The way things are going, the good old days really were the "good old days".