Late air - Is this widespread? What's going on?

[DumbTruckDriver]

A friend of mine that works in feeders told me that there are trailers at the closest Amazon hub that don't leave til the exact pull time to our building. So if it's two hours away, and start time is 8:30, they don't leave til 6:30. This way people can order from Amazon til the very last possible minute and still receive their package same day.

Outrageously stupid.

 

[HEFFERNAN]

A friend of mine that works in feeders told me that there are trailers at the closest Amazon hub that don't leave til the exact pull time to our building. So if it's two hours away, and start time is 8:30, they don't leave til 6:30. This way people can order from Amazon til the very last possible minute and still receive their package same day.

I don't doubt it.
We have a new distribution center a couple towns over and they have definitely taken advantage of the situation.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Outrageously stupid.

Amazon has been looking for anyway to get same day delivery.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Amazon has been looking for anyway to get same day delivery.

I had three same day deliveries the week before I went on vacay. One from Walmart Vision and two from the college mail room. Was driving by all 3 stops anyway.

 

[What'dyabringmetoday???]

I had three same day deliveries the week before I went on vacay. One from Walmart Vision and two from the college mail room. Was driving by all 3 stops anyway.

Thank you for everything you do. You will be missed. When is it that you are retiring? Lol.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Thank you for everything you do. You will be missed. When is it that you are retiring? Lol.

I put a countdown calendar on the union bulletin board last week.

I noticed someone scheduled a party for the day after I leave.

 

[rod]

I put a countdown calendar on the union bulletin board last week.

I noticed someone scheduled a party for the day after I leave.

and that surprises you?

 

[rod]

We always had late air 3 out of 5 days---and that was back when most of ours had noon commits.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

We always had late air 3 out of 5 days---and that was back when most of ours had noon commits.

Tell us some more stories about a company that no longer exists.

 

[rod]

Tell us some more stories about a company that no longer exists.

What do you want to hear about? I've got a million stories.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What do you want to hear about? I've got a million stories.

Tell me the one where you finally move on to the next phase of your life.

 

[Hellobrown2000]

Eastern US. Same here, late air probably going on 2 months now. Lots of shuttle and 9am start times.

 

[What'dyabringmetoday???]

I put a countdown calendar on the union bulletin board last week.

I noticed someone scheduled a party for the day after I leave.

Good place to put it considering your devotion to unionism. Well- at least what you reap from it. Lol.

 

[rod]

Tell me the one where you finally move on to the next phase of your life.

I'm already there. I'm in the "be a thorn in someones side" phase now. Apparently it's working.

 

[Rack em]

We start at 8am and have our air shuttled out to us at our center. Friday they didn't leave the building with our air until 11:30, so literally all commits were late. On top of that, we got a second plane that landed at 12:40. Why even send the stupid plane when it's THAT late!

 

[silenze]

Omg we are turning into fedex with p2

 

[Alaska Brown]

Up here in Alaska we are having the same issues with our start times changing almost daily

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Are they at least giving you 24 hours notice on changes of one hour or less or 3 working days for changes of more than one hour?

 

[Brownslave688]

We have late airs at least 2-3 times a week and the center never seems to know about it until 20 mins. before the air shuttle is supposed to arrive. "Oh really? he's STILL at the airport?" Most of the time the plane is late.

By that time all the FT cover drivers are committed on routes for the day so they resort to using reg-temps, ORSs, the center manager, the janitors and Shanghaiing unlucky customers in the parking lot to shuttle airs. With all the distance we have to cover I don't get airs to my last driver until 12 noon.

I worked an air operation this week. The planes weren't that much later than normal but our cans are normally one of the first off the second plane and middle of the pack first plane. Now both cans have been the last two off second plane.

Then the plan is just unload them as fast possible with no regard for how they'll get loaded. I was shutting the belt off after it running 10 feet all day. They had 4 unloaders compared to one guy per truck scanning and loading. All happening over 30 ft of belt.


Complete show all week

 

[Johney]

I worked an air operation this week. The planes weren't that much later than normal but our cans are normally one of the first off the second plane and middle of the pack first plane. Now both cans have been the last two off second plane.

Then the plan is just unload them as fast possible with no regard for how they'll get loaded. I was shutting the belt off after it running 10 feet all day. They had 4 unloaders compared to one guy per truck scanning and loading. All happening over 30 ft of belt.


Complete show all week

Isn't can placement on the plane done by weight?