HedleyLamarr
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We are getting almost no freight today. What does it look like at your Express stations this morning?
2/11 Memphis ice
- Thread starter HedleyLamarr
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3 hours late here, Memphis and Louisville (ups) are a mess !!!!
They canceled the flights
Ouch!!!
Tomorrow will be fun
MassWineGuy
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Uh oh (says the p.m. courier). Can you say “Late freight”?
Nothing arrived this morning. But it will later.
Nothing arrived this morning. But it will later.
Star B
White Lightening
They cancelled our flight and our airplane stayed local overnight. They merged all of our ramps freight (with includes another downline station) to the larger airport with more facilities south of us. That flight hasn't left Memphis yet and then it gets trucked up to us and sorted.
From the rumblings around the station we're running a Christmas-week peak plan tomorrow and forcing Saturday if they don't get enough volunteers. They did turn on 'next days' so anything that was sitting at our station today went out today for a clean slate tommorrow.
From the rumblings around the station we're running a Christmas-week peak plan tomorrow and forcing Saturday if they don't get enough volunteers. They did turn on 'next days' so anything that was sitting at our station today went out today for a clean slate tommorrow.
AB831
Well-Known Member
Forcing Saturday with two day’s notice. What a joke
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
The Saturday before Valentine’s Day is always mandatory at my station.
He’s too dumb to realize that!!!
Star B
White Lightening
For as much as I bleed red and (what's the color of a direct deposit?) -- I can't fault the company when weather takes out their major hub when overnight shipping is the name of the game.
Yes, we can always point and go "WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN FOR THIS"... and you're right, we should. It's easy to armchair quarterback and go "Well, why not send it to Indy, Newark, DFW"... well, you have to get airplanes and those pesky crews in the right place. And then you need people to unload, people to sort, etc, etc, etc.
Either you can plan properly and always have resources at the ready to take over when the one major hub dies, but then you waste resources ~320 days out of the year, or you take it on the chin for the few days and power through it.
AB831
Well-Known Member
Really?? Mine never did that while I was there.
AB831
Well-Known Member
How would I know the policy of a station of a guy I’ve never met?
whenIgetthere
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First CTV was on time, they let us extended areas roll after the first. Second CTV arrived at 1215, the routes held back brought our late stuff to us. Third CTV rolled to tomorrow, and we are starting an hour late tomorrow.
whenIgetthere
Well-Known Member
Not at my station. They had enough volunteers for Saturday, so no one forced. YET!
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
We are also mandated to work the day before Mother’s Day.
McFeely
Huge Member
And back in the day, actually working Mothers Day when we had ProFlowers and Sherry’s Berries.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Thank goodness I’ve never had to do that.
