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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 358341" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>Only a portion of our bldg has commit times for NDA so those drivers are asked to go through their NDAs to make sure they can get them all delivered on time and to send down those that they know they will be unable to. The dispatch sup goes through them and assigns them accordingly but may hand some of them back as we have certain drivers who like to "pawn off" their NDA and try to take advantage.</p><p> </p><p>Our start time on Mondays is 8:30 and 8:50 the rest of the week. We normally get out right on time on Monday and NLT 0900 the rest. Our biggest problem, as it appears to be at most centers, is the air, as we are the furthest center from our regional hub (Syracuse). Our local airport recently moved to the former AFB and late air has been significantly reduced as that airport is at higher elevation so fog and other weather delays don't have the same impact at the new facility. We had late air last Thursday and they shuttled it out to us, which is a huge timesaver as we (city drivers) normally have to go back to the bldg to P/U our air, which can be 20-30 min RT and load time.</p><p> </p><p>BBAGs suggestions certainly have merit but reflect the experience (or lack of) of someone who has been here less than a month and doesn't yet fully understand all of the operational intricacies involved, to include pull times. Also, as Scratch said, an earlier start time would not necessarily equate to an earlier end time as more and more of our P/U accounts want a later P/U time so perhaps a staggered start time w/adjusted dispatches may be part of the solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 358341, member: 12570"] Only a portion of our bldg has commit times for NDA so those drivers are asked to go through their NDAs to make sure they can get them all delivered on time and to send down those that they know they will be unable to. The dispatch sup goes through them and assigns them accordingly but may hand some of them back as we have certain drivers who like to "pawn off" their NDA and try to take advantage. Our start time on Mondays is 8:30 and 8:50 the rest of the week. We normally get out right on time on Monday and NLT 0900 the rest. Our biggest problem, as it appears to be at most centers, is the air, as we are the furthest center from our regional hub (Syracuse). Our local airport recently moved to the former AFB and late air has been significantly reduced as that airport is at higher elevation so fog and other weather delays don't have the same impact at the new facility. We had late air last Thursday and they shuttled it out to us, which is a huge timesaver as we (city drivers) normally have to go back to the bldg to P/U our air, which can be 20-30 min RT and load time. BBAGs suggestions certainly have merit but reflect the experience (or lack of) of someone who has been here less than a month and doesn't yet fully understand all of the operational intricacies involved, to include pull times. Also, as Scratch said, an earlier start time would not necessarily equate to an earlier end time as more and more of our P/U accounts want a later P/U time so perhaps a staggered start time w/adjusted dispatches may be part of the solution. [/QUOTE]
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