what do most freighter drivers do when they finish up??
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i love bob M
Marley playing in the backround , god i hope i run into you someday . i haul cargo on a small cessna caravan but i join ya for a beer or two when the day comes ...... As for me i love the freight flying, even on the old van , the hours are tought the weather is a challenge ,but at the end of the day , handbombing an approach to minimus in half a mile , (as chosen ,because yes the autopilot can do it as well ) i get home and think , that was a fun day wasn't it :-)
where will i go from here ? on a jet i hope even so it has not happened , it might some day , if not its ok , still better than being locked up in an office all day ......
where will i go from here ? on a jet i hope even so it has not happened , it might some day , if not its ok , still better than being locked up in an office all day ......
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Like the Pax airlines, the freight airlines run from good to unbelievably bad. The good ones like FEDEX and UPS are well run, pay good, and have union contracts. The bad ones, like the scumbag 747 outfits in the states pay poorly, no retirement, 20 workdays per month often extended, lots of DH that you're barely paid for, marginal equipement, and treated like scum by management.
So can flying freight be good? Yes. Can it be really really bad? Yes.
So can flying freight be good? Yes. Can it be really really bad? Yes.
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Freight dogs quite often get a bad rap. I flew for TWA, JAS, and Saudi Arabian Airlines as well as Polar. So I think I can say without reservations that a very large portion of the dogs flying the back side of the clock are some of the best aviators in the business. Their combined resumes are filled with exploits that the schedules "glory boys" cannot match. We and a large group of furloughed US Air drivers and they will attest to the fun and challenging flying of freight. I am out of the cockpit now but still have a ton of fond memories of the flights. comradary, flights with dispatch, and the company, and would not change it for the world.
