Cargo Industry
 

Hello all...my name is Jamie-James Medina and I'm a photographer from London, England - currently in NYC researching a story on the cargo industry in America. If any of you would be interested in telling me your stories, please email me at the address below. Any help would be much appreciated.

[email protected]

tsk, tsk, tsk.

"Cargo Industry" ??? puhleeease...

We are in the "expedited/express logistics services sector"

Cargo = boxes & crates being manhandled by sweaty grunts
Industry = dirt, pollution, smokestacks

Expedited/express = important, quick, deadicated, can-do
Logistics = knowledge, value added
services = clean, white collar

You see the difference?

;)

Ok jjmedina.

WHAT story are you researching? Or if you like, what direction in th -F world? Cargo pilots? Cargo aircraft? Loadmasters? Ummm.... help us out a bit and some here may or may not help you out.

You should understand that papparazzi are shot on sight (site ? geddit lol, sorry :ouch: ) on these boards. They trawl here, ask advice, sometimes get a story and then post bull**** in their rag.

Show us something that you have written or photo'd so we may, perhaps, see that you are for real. Posers get shot down here in about 5 secs flat. And if you're writing for a Daily Bull**** paper (eg in the UK the SUN, get the idea?), please piss off.

Thanks...

LOL, reminds me of the 'ole B707 freighter days....smoke and all.:}

CR2, thanks for getting back to me - I'm still in the early stages of research, so it's difficult to explain the story. I'm hoping to learn and understand the life of cargo and accompanying pilots. How do you ship a whale across America? What is life like for a pilot that moves sports cars across the Atlantic?

As for myself, I'm a freelance photographer, but work closely with the Observer in London, England. I've photographed covers and features for every major UK broadsheet, so I definitely have no relation to the tabloids you mentioned. You can see all of my work here: jjmedinadotcom

Please let me know if you'd be up for answering more questions via email.

jjmedina,

first, your email link in the very first post is not showing up, at least for me.

second, life of a cargo is pretty much the same as that of any other airline pilot, also depending on the size and structure of the airline.
that also depends a lot on what kind of cargo pilot you are talking about?! the people that fly the bigger cargo airliners, it's like i said, the feeder cargo, and other various ad hoc type stuff is a different ball game-life style wise that is.

Is it all the same thing ?
 

Hello Jamie

according to your web site your were an approved photographer on a Babyshambles tour

I m sure a few of the pruners have got stories of sex drugs and rock and roll to match anything you ve seen before

Maybe a lot have never heard of the Libertines or Babyshambles

Its quite a change of direction from Babyshambles to Cargo I d say

Sadly I ve got no such babyshambles exploits to tell you about but I ve been in cargo for a while so if you need an answer to the non rock and roll questions you asked earlier private mail me

Good luck

How to ship a whale. By CR2.

Lease a B747F with a nose-cargo door. (Ie a real freighter, not a converted pax aircraft).

Have a damned strong custom built tank constructed. Put water in tank, but not too much. Said tank should be max 238.5' long, 96' wide and no more than 60-70' high. Attendants willl need to be able to reach in to the tank to slop water over the beast and rub it with grease so it doesn't dry out. This lot will weigh about 25T when all said and done. (Make sure the shipper puts whale into tank before getting to airport. Any mishaps will be shipper's problem. Picking a whale up with a crane and dropping it on the ramp is bad public relations).

Ensure qualified vets/handlers available to take care of the animal during flight. Give some training to said people concerning portable oxygen there are no drop down masks on the main deck (as an example), or how to get out of the aircraft quick (follow the Loadmaster).

Ensure ground handling at the airports you want to fly from/to can handle such an item. Make sure everything is ready to go, before the whale shows up at the airport, and make sure everything is ready to roll at the other end as the aircraft touches down.

1992 BCN-SAN, B747-200C. All went tickey-boo.

Did a white rhino too... but my best one is the one that never happened. 100T of gold bullion from MNL to ZRH. Cancelled at the last minute, shipper couldn't pay for the flight. :}

Whales and rock and roll
 

There is a whole world of stories covering live animals/shiny stuff/rock and roll but 35 years in the business has taught me never to stop learning and listening. If said "photographer" wants a story then why no ask for one outright, unless you want to publish CR2's memoirs?