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December 6th, 2007, 18:47
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|  FedEx Jumpseat So at the moment I'm in Boston with family for a while courtesy of FedEx. Took an MD-11 from ANC to EWR the an A300 up to BOS. I have to say everyone I met was a class act and it was an very good experience over all. I was in the jumpseat for most of the flight on the MD-11 (with three other folks in back) and the Captain made it point to turn around and say "And since you're a pilot, make sure you speak up if you see anything weird." I'm definately looking forward to the trip back as well. |
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December 7th, 2007, 01:43
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: DFW, based in ONT, wishing I was in Maine
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 | Re: FedEx Jumpseat FEDEX Jumpseating Rocks! The crews are awesome and using Fedex allows me to get from DFW to ONT in one leg and early enough for a 5am show. How sweet is that!  Bob
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December 7th, 2007, 05:38
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: lower canada
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 | Re: FedEx Jumpseat Hey bob, you're in ONT? do you ever fly into FAT? well if ur ever stuck in so cal give me a call so i can return the favor. Fedex has a direct DFW to ONT? I would think UPS has one too.
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December 7th, 2007, 11:34
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat How do you guys look up flights on Fed-Ex?
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December 7th, 2007, 11:40
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat FedEx http://crewroom.alpa.org/fdx/jumpseat/Default.aspx UPS http://tools.ipapilot.org/jumpseats/index.php The two most useful tools I've never used |
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December 7th, 2007, 13:11
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Des Moines, Iowa (based in IAH)
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat A little bit of SSI there, eh?
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December 7th, 2007, 14:25
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat These are open only to Pt 121 guys, correct?
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December 7th, 2007, 15:02
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat As far as I know, yes. At a minimum you need to be in CASS, and with UPS there's a reciprocal list. I only know that because I called them as well and my company is not on it. |
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December 7th, 2007, 15:48
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat Quote:
Negative ghostrider....They are open to anyone within the one great word: CASS  I guess thats the only good thing the TSA has done....Not sure if you need a recip agreement with FedEx to jump tho, although my company has one with them
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December 8th, 2007, 15:27
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat If this is such a great word then I must add it to my repertoire. Anyone care to supply a definition to go along with this great word? Thanks a million! |
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December 8th, 2007, 15:48
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat Quote:
Actually, CASS was primarily developed by ALPA. The TSA just signed the paperwork saying it was ok by them.
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December 11th, 2007, 12:31
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat Make sure your CASS is working though. No picture in CASS, no jumpseat on FedEx. I know of guys who had the text stuff in CASS, but for some reason or another their company didn't do the picture/passport linkage stuff, and they were stuck.
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December 11th, 2007, 15:46
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December 11th, 2007, 16:11
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 | Re: FedEx Jumpseat Is it possible to check loads on FedEx through that phone number?
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December 11th, 2007, 17:38
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December 12th, 2007, 05:41
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| Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: DFW, based in ONT, wishing I was in Maine
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat Quote:
Fedex goes direct from Fort Worth Alliance and UPS goes direct from DFW. For now... Fedex has a slightly better schedule for me and there is never any competition for the very uncomfortable JS on the 727 at 3:45 in the morning.  Quote:
I'm not sure about Fedex... but I've been told that if you are confirmed in the JS on UPS then it's yours, and you can't get bumped even by a UPS JS'er. That's why it's so important to cancel it if you decide not to use it or you can be blacklisted for abusing their system. Maybe Don can shed some light on that one. Also... one of the other issues with using either of the two is transportation. ie; You park your car at the UPS ramp at your airport and commute to work. On the way back... American looks like a better option. Now you have to figure out how to get from the pax terminal to the cargo ramp to get your car. Likewise... once you reached your base on the commute to work, you have to figure out how to get from the cargo ramp to your terminal so you can get to work. Taxi's, hotel shuttles, rental car shuttles, & fuelers (if you have a sida badge) are all options... but it definately takes some pre-planning and maybe a few extra bucks. Bob
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December 14th, 2007, 01:58
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Des Moines, Iowa (based in IAH)
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat Luckily, arriving in EWR on either FedEx or UPS and getting to the pax terminal is a comparative cinch!
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December 17th, 2007, 01:08
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newport Beach, CA
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat My experience was quite pleasant the one time I FedEx'd myself from ORD to DEN. I had to take a cab from the main terminal in ORD to the FedEx ramp. However in DEN, the hotel I was staying at was 2 doors down from their crew hotel and the Captain had the driver drop me off at my hotel. They're great crews and a joy to ride on. |
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December 17th, 2007, 04:05
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| Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: lower canada
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| Re: FedEx Jumpseat Quote:
i live in so cal. I am only in FAT for drill weekends. But i see xjet all the time, so maybe i will run into you at that airport. if u are ever stuck on ONT give me a ring. . hope you are able to spend the holidays with your family. take care, brian
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