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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1077086" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>According to Fred, we are all pilots anyway...we just get paid less to "fly" our vehicles. I've been around long enough to remember crews having to take a "crew van" to their hotel. The crew van was simply a retired Econoline that had 2 extra rows of seats installed in it and the logos removed. They could drive it around to get food too, and when we used to have jumpseat it was common practice for the crew to invite you out for some BBQ in some seedy part of OAK or LAX or whatever bad neighborhood was close to the airport but had great food. They acted like regular people...not the elitists most of them have become. </p><p></p><p>Now, it's like the limo is bringing-in a couple of celebrities to fly the plane. They get in and out with little contact according to my ramp agent friends, probably because they don't want to rub elbows with people who sweat and touch freight. OMG...an hourly...Ewwww!!</p><p></p><p>IMO, the real reason there is no more personal jumpseat is the crews. They never liked having "outsiders" in the cockpit, and sometimes for good reason. I can remember jumpseating in a nasty thunderstorm and having the other jumpseater freak-out and practically have to be restrained, but most of the time there weren't any issues.</p><p></p><p>Remember, there's nothing free at FedEx anymore, unless you count the people working through their "break".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1077086, member: 12508"] According to Fred, we are all pilots anyway...we just get paid less to "fly" our vehicles. I've been around long enough to remember crews having to take a "crew van" to their hotel. The crew van was simply a retired Econoline that had 2 extra rows of seats installed in it and the logos removed. They could drive it around to get food too, and when we used to have jumpseat it was common practice for the crew to invite you out for some BBQ in some seedy part of OAK or LAX or whatever bad neighborhood was close to the airport but had great food. They acted like regular people...not the elitists most of them have become. Now, it's like the limo is bringing-in a couple of celebrities to fly the plane. They get in and out with little contact according to my ramp agent friends, probably because they don't want to rub elbows with people who sweat and touch freight. OMG...an hourly...Ewwww!! IMO, the real reason there is no more personal jumpseat is the crews. They never liked having "outsiders" in the cockpit, and sometimes for good reason. I can remember jumpseating in a nasty thunderstorm and having the other jumpseater freak-out and practically have to be restrained, but most of the time there weren't any issues. Remember, there's nothing free at FedEx anymore, unless you count the people working through their "break". [/QUOTE]
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