CR2,
Just out of interest: how you operating adhocs on equipment like 747F? I mean how you managing containers/pallets exchange? You bringing in advance to airport your own ULDs then landing, loading and go, or landing, unloading your emtpy ULDs, go to rest while handling guys filling/palletizing cargo, then loading and go?

Islamabad for me. Spent 24 hours there once just downloading and refueling. I didn't lose anything in Madras, India either!

You guys make even Colombo (Sri Lanka) sound pretty good! I think MIA should get at least one vote, though. I usually get treated better in China (SZX, SHA, PEK) than I do by U.S. Customs and Immigration coming back into my own country from South America... but if that's the worst on our routes, I guess I'll quit whining!!! ;-)

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ROHO
747 FO

BTW, has anyone noticed that the venerable Freight Dog Forum founder CargoRat2 has managed to average about one post every day for a year! Keep swingin', Rat!

(Taken from one of his recent posts)
CargoRat2
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ROHO
747 FO

Sorry late reply, just back from a trip. Ideally position ULDs in advance by truck or air through our own network. If its somewhere really out of the way, we'll bring them on the aircraft, send the drivers on crewrest & all being well leave after rest. Thats the theory anyway! As I mentioned earlier on, last time we tried that in BCN, it took 26 hours.
As for ROHO's interesting statistic, I'd say quite a few of those posts have been in the last days getting this Freight Dogs forum started. Thanks to everyone who has shown so much support.

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rgds Rat

In the UK it's just got to be Coventry ........If you've been there in the middle of a winters night you will know what I mean..............the apron......the cafe........sorry, just come over all peculiar.......brings a new meaning to the phrase " being sent to....."

In the 'good old days' (CL44's & Short 8's) I used to think LOS was the a**hole of humanity & then I discovered the pimple - FIH. That was well before the 'revolution' so God knows what it's like now. Anybody been there lately??

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I'm not old, I was just born too early

Agreed. Coventry is the worst. Middle of the night standby, pissing rain, filthy portacabin, called out for 5 sectors 10 mins. before stand down.

Mind you, Madrid in the middle of summer, 42C, 5 hours to load, then can't leave 'cos too hot, high, & heavy.

Either way, you end up sopping wet & knackered.

Antonovman - I agree with you about LUX
Roho - I have also had some awful times at MIA including having to stand around outside the aircraft in the rain for 2 hours whilst Customs pulled it apart...and we'd only done a domestic ferry flight.
But for me RUH is the worst - handling agent totally disinterested and rude, usually 2-3 hours in Immigration for no particular reason, and at the end of the day you can't even get a beer.It's cr@p.

Anywhere I`ve already been to.

GH

We left two flight mechanics overnight at the Lagos cargo ramp (next to the mummified Airbus)while they fixed an engine. They were robbed at gunpoint by the security guards!