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<blockquote data-quote="AKCoverMan" data-source="post: 1098891" data-attributes="member: 17867"><p>Because they don't have time. Friday I was covering a route that usually does EAMs in the city before heading out to town that this route covers. This car is the first car on the belt. The preloader assigned to it is loading three cars with about 150 to 250 pcs each and is also, in his spare time, supposed to be splitting the package coming down the belt to either the inside or outside of the belt. </p><p></p><p>My start time was 0745 and at that point the EAMs should all be ready for dispatch but on Friday the plane was late so we were waiting for the container to be unloaded. I went to the car to help wrap up while waiting for the EAMs. Granted I am not used to splitting or preloading but I couldn't even split the packages as fast as they came down the belt. How in heck do you have time to z-scan, much less load the car the way it needs to be loaded?</p><p></p><p>It seems obvious that the money that would be spent on a few more bodies on the preload, as well as a rate of pay that might encourage someone good to stay, would be far offset by the reduced number of hours drivers (making the highest rate pay) spend on road dealing with misloads and crappy loads. And since almost all of us work over 8 hours every day every hour we can eliminate is saving over $50/hr.</p><p></p><p>But the plan says....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AKCoverMan, post: 1098891, member: 17867"] Because they don't have time. Friday I was covering a route that usually does EAMs in the city before heading out to town that this route covers. This car is the first car on the belt. The preloader assigned to it is loading three cars with about 150 to 250 pcs each and is also, in his spare time, supposed to be splitting the package coming down the belt to either the inside or outside of the belt. My start time was 0745 and at that point the EAMs should all be ready for dispatch but on Friday the plane was late so we were waiting for the container to be unloaded. I went to the car to help wrap up while waiting for the EAMs. Granted I am not used to splitting or preloading but I couldn't even split the packages as fast as they came down the belt. How in heck do you have time to z-scan, much less load the car the way it needs to be loaded? It seems obvious that the money that would be spent on a few more bodies on the preload, as well as a rate of pay that might encourage someone good to stay, would be far offset by the reduced number of hours drivers (making the highest rate pay) spend on road dealing with misloads and crappy loads. And since almost all of us work over 8 hours every day every hour we can eliminate is saving over $50/hr. But the plan says.... [/QUOTE]
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