IJustWorkHere
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Yes we have full time Air Drivers Here In California .
Air Driver positions getting replaced by 22.4s?
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Staydryitsraining
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I'm jealous of the pure laziness allowed in California.
Peppermint Patty
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I doubt we will ever see another full time air driver again. The company has no need for them with the 22.4's.
PT Car Washer
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Do you mean Art 22.3 air driver/something else or all they do is 8 hours of delivering or picking up air packages?
IJustWorkHere
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8 full hours of Air Driving it’s been his position for years . In Southern California we still have FT air drivers . No 22.4 as of yet has done air . Maybe I’ll be the first . Heading to Menlo Intergrad in 5 days . Ahhhhhhhhh !!!!
IJustWorkHere
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FT air only .
Staydryitsraining
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So uh this is happening already. And the air drivers arent red circled. They are pissed.
Peppermint Patty
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What is happening? They are being replaced?
Staydryitsraining
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Yes. I know in 2 buildings so far. 22.4s work preload and run air. The air drivers are forced in the building not red circled at air rate. The company is allowed to do it because the air drivers are considered part time.
Overpaid Union Thug
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Preload and air? We have several drivers (at least) that’d be all over that if it didn’t involve working Tuesday-Saturday. And despite the pay cut.
Peppermint Patty
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So are new 22.4 drivers basically taking over the original 22.3 combo jobs? Hasn't happened here yet but not sure it won't. I thought all 22.4s would just be a new cover driver.
MrSexyUPSman
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Its all just rumors....Notice how nobody is naming the buildings that they claim started to replace the air drivers...Plus no air drivers are coming on this forum to bitch yet....
Isn't it better in the long run to rid all air runs? The article 40 air rate is a joke. The full scale 22.4 rate is much higher, and if its a combo job, then you also replace a part-timer with a $30/ hour loader.
You are forgetting the cost of benefits
Staydryitsraining
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Rest assure this isnt a rumor. Just because it isnt happening in your building doesn't mean it isnt anywhere else and naming buildings? I'll take
I'll never do for 500PT Car Washer
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I wouldn't call $30/hr a joke. We don't have any full scale 22.4 drivers in my building yet so it would be much cheaper to replace air drivers with 22.4 delivery drivers. And no I have not seen any air drivers displaced. Yet.Rest assure this isnt a rumor. Just because it isnt happening in your building doesn't mean it isnt anywhere else and naming buildings? I'll take
And they can also deliver ground at a cheaper rate.
PT Car Washer
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Exactly. Most of the time our air drivers run misloads, or clean up the building of over size and irregs left behind or deliver a split off of an over dispatched driver. At top driver rate. I see alot of that work going to 22.4 during the slow times.
BigUnionGuy
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That's an acceptable method, of not using management from doing Union work.
On an "exception" basis....
You agree.... Right ?
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PT Car Washer
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I made $85k last year working as an exception air driver so yes I agree.
