Two MEANJ sleeper drivers passed away

[Thebrownblob]

Honestly I've seen just as much, if not more, dangerous driving from other truck drivers than I have from cars.

Some of these people are completely nuts.

Crazy. Everyone’s job at United Parcel Service that drives is very dangerous. It’s just magnified times 10 with the heavy equipment and speed in Feeders. They don’t usually have fender benders, unfortunately.

 

[Family]

Gonna be more and more sleeper runs over the next few years. It's the future of feeder.

You don't know what your talking about

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

Honestly I've seen just as much, if not more, dangerous driving from other truck drivers than I have from cars.

Some of these people are completely nuts.

How many were FOBs?

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

You don't know what your talking about

Quality add. Thank you.

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

You don't know what your talking about

Railways are rotting

 

[brett636]

We passed right by that area before that happened. RIP drivers!

 

[brett636]

Railways are rotting

Yep, its becoming common place for our trailers to get broken into while travelling by rail. Many show up with the seals and even rail bolts broken and the door hanging wide open as thieves ransack it while its parked. There are stretches of railway in California littered with boxes from all the stuff that gets stolen off the trains. When trains are late or derail its not just one load that misses service, but dozens of loads. Not to mention its slower than a sleeper team which is the main reason UPS decided to pull loads off the rail to begin with. Whether the company expands its sleeper network, eliminates it, or something in between has yet to be seen. The language in the contract regarding the pulling of loads off the rail has been eliminated so the company can do whatever it wants. It sounds like the smaller operations that had a handful of sleeper jobs are going to lose them. I come from a medium to large sized facility(630 drivers on our seniority board) so we haven't lost any, but I hear another "optimization" is coming this spring so time will tell. Personally I hope they keep them, but the company has the leeway to do what they believe is best.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Yep, its becoming common place for our trailers to get broken into while travelling by rail. Many show up with the seals and even rail bolts broken and the door hanging wide open as thieves ransack it while its parked. There are stretches of railway in California littered with boxes from all the stuff that gets stolen off the trains. When trains are late or derail its not just one load that misses service, but dozens of loads. Not to mention its slower than a sleeper team which is the main reason UPS decided to pull loads off the rail to begin with. Whether the company expands its sleeper network, eliminates it, or something in between has yet to be seen. The language in the contract regarding the pulling of loads off the rail has been eliminated so the company can do whatever it wants. It sounds like the smaller operations that had a handful of sleeper jobs are going to lose them. I come from a medium to large sized facility(630 drivers on our seniority board) so we haven't lost any, but I hear another "optimization" is coming this spring so time will tell. Personally I hope they keep them, but the company has the leeway to do what they believe is best.

Agreed sleeper teams seem to be being consolidated in the larger hubs.

 

[Family]

Gonna be more and more sleeper runs over the next few years. It's the future of feeder.

You don't know what your talking

Quality add. Thank you.

If you're management, why are team drivers not given the opportunity to follow their work to the new automated facilities were many of the runs are being added?

 

[burrheadd]

What packages are in these dangerous life threatening “ sleeper runs” ..Packages going across country? why not use a plane?

Planes cost $$$$ to keep in the air

 

[Thebrownblob]

Planes cost $$$$ to keep in the air

Sadly, to corporations lives are cheaper.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Planes cost $$$$ to keep in the air

Plus we don't have the phone capacity that we used to

FedEx and UPS offered big buyout packages to the pilots

 

[brett636]

Planes cost $$$$ to keep in the air

This, a jet can cost several thousand dollars an hour to fly. A sleeper team can move multiple loads for the cost of one jet flight across the country.

 

[over9five]

RIP, drivers

 

[UnionStrong]

Plus we don't have the phone capacity that we used to

FedEx and UPS offered big buyout packages to the pilots

Phone capacity? WTF

 

[oldngray]

Phone capacity? WTF

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Phone capacity? WTF

Limited data?

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

We passed right by that area before that happened. RIP drivers!

Well . Small world

 

[UnionStrong]

Limited data?

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

You don't know what your talking

If you're management, why are team drivers not given the opportunity to follow their work to the new automated facilities were many of the runs are being added?

Cause quad decade blowhard ruined it