PT Car Washer
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A bid Air driver has his own route and start time everyday. An Air exception driver works another sort everyday and only runs air when needed. Both pay the same.
Bid air driver ?
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PT Car Washer
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Why do they owe you anything? You have not been hired yet. Even if you get the job be prepared to be jerked around. Nothing personal, just the way we do business.
AlliSeeisBrown
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Patience man. Quit worrying about your status. It will happen when it happens. Usually at this point they're waiting on the background check/MVR. More often than not when you change job classification like from seasonal to air or from RTD to FSP, they need to do another background and MVR. Also, since you were a seasonal driver and did NOT get a chance to qualify, you may end up going to driving school/integrad again. All of these things have to be in line one way or another before you get back on the road. So patience is key.
thanks .. I am happy that I heard from them today and I start tomorrow. But they cant give me my specific hours yet for next week. I will ask tomorrow
PT Car Washer
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PT Air driver tops out at $27.24/hr with a $.40 raise February 1st and another $1/hr raise next year after a two year progression.
After two years... but what do they start at?
I believe $14.50
AlliSeeisBrown
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It depends on your local. I've heard 12.50, 13.50, 14.50. My local is the 2nd.
UPS Preloader
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You don't keep your top rate based upon your part time air driving. You get red circled based upon your inside rate.
PT Car Washer
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You are correct for an Air Exception driver. I believe a bid PT Air Driver would keep his air rate when going FT. Starting PT air rate is $12.50/hr and $13.50/hr after gaining seniority.
By The Book
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Usually, when a part timer goes FT they aren't allowed to do part time work any more....or at least I thought so.
PT Car Washer
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I did great also for years working PT and Air exception work. The disadvantage is you are not guaranteed the extra hours. The nice thing is being allowed to pick and choose what hours you want to work.
How many hours do usual PT air driver work in a week? Is it ever possible to get 40 hrs if working on a Saturday too?
Rack em
Made the Podium
In our center they average 5-6 hours a day so thats maybe 30 hours in a normal week. But every center is different.
barnyard
KTM rider
Back when I did the preload and air exception work, I worked a lot of Saturdays and the only time I got 40 hours was during peak or when there was a streak of bad weather and I ran late air.
There was also the 'flavor of the week' times when OT was discouraged. When it was not discouraged, we could help guys run air so they did not have to backtrack too many stops. Sometimes, the bosses would not let us take a board along. No board, no delivering.
Right now, my building is really stressing NO PT OT. We had 1 day of late air, so an exception person working today would be at 30ish hours for the week.
There was also the 'flavor of the week' times when OT was discouraged. When it was not discouraged, we could help guys run air so they did not have to backtrack too many stops. Sometimes, the bosses would not let us take a board along. No board, no delivering.
Right now, my building is really stressing NO PT OT. We had 1 day of late air, so an exception person working today would be at 30ish hours for the week.
PT Car Washer
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No usual number of hours. 50 hours one week and 20 hours the next week. In my building PT and FT (Art 22.3) air drivers are used as cover drivers when there is a need at top package car driver rate.
