Loading Cargo

[hoover]

Are cargo pilots expected to load and unload their own freight? Do they get paid extra to do so?

 

[cougar6903]

Are cargo pilots expected to load and unload their own freight? Do they get paid extra to do so?

Usually yes. No.

 

[gt2]

sometimes and sometimes. Depends on who you work for and where you are.

 

[pilotyip]

Loading cargo is part of the job in the on-demand business. At our company if the load is over a certain amount the crew can get paid. Crew must always supervise the loading, tie down the cargo and put the cargo net in place

 

[B747FR8DAWG]

That's what we have Loadmasters for ........... worth their weight in gold!

 

[pilotyip]

we carry loadmasters also, they best seats in the house on the left and right side of the cockpit and get to fly the airplanes between loading and unloading spots.

 

[wmudriver]

in my former cargo days, I did have to load(75% of the time) and tie down. 50% of the time we got paid extra for it. An extra 75 bucks. Its not that big of a deal, except when its 400 pirelli tires.

 

[CaptainMark]

Got paid nothing extra to load the bank checks...lucky to get paid at all back then ...but pilotyip.. the best seat in the house is my couch when i get bumped for trainging nowadays

 

[wmudriver]

Don't forget keep that j-bar away from the twig and berries

 

[leardawg]

Definitely part of the job with 135 freight. Anyone not able or willing to do heavy lifting should look elsewhere for a liveliehood.

I remember freight delivery/pickup guys talking about one or two Lear or Falcon jockeys refusing to lift a finger loading or unloading while the guy was busting a hump (one guy was told by a pilot that "it was beneath someone in his line of work" or something like that!). Now THAT'S a tool!