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07-10-2024, 09:00 AM

#731

Brownose74

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyoverABX

First year FO at UPS still making a whooping $57 an hour?

ohhh yeah. But we retire millionaires with out working a day off . I’ll keep y’all in my thoughts though.

07-10-2024, 09:52 AM

#732

abxflyr

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Yea, I'm not sure if our ABXers are thinking that UPS is a bad deal and browntails don't make good coin. The ole brown/gold is far ahead of ABX/Acmi these days and is a destination airline. ABX, in its' past was also (IMO) a destination airline, that statement is not true any longer. With that said, there is a place for everyone and should find your destination at some of the ACMI carriers (specifically ABX) your life isn't bad and can be personally fruitful without beating yourself up as well.

07-10-2024, 10:52 AM

#733

Birdsmash

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Position: 777 Left window seat

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Quote:

Originally Posted by shinydiscoballs

Sure, your mail order Filipina will be inheriting it all after you are six feet under if you dare make it to retirement age.

Yeah! But she will have earned it! 😂

07-10-2024, 11:03 AM

#734

Brownose74

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Posts: 56

At least I can afford to pay for a Filipino.
beats the “more drag” y’all get in Thailand on ur DHL rate

07-10-2024, 07:23 PM

#735

4dalulz

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Lol, SE Asia insults being spewed by clowns who've been there on three layover and ended up dating a ladyboy every time. Seriously, ya'll are a riot at the agogo, we find you quite amusing.

07-10-2024, 08:12 PM

#736

dera

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Position: Whale FO

Posts: 6,592

Quote:

Originally Posted by abxflyr

How does an airline go from being a destination airline to not being one? By definition, that means "the contract is so good I could retire from it". If that was ABX, what changed?

And what prevents UPS or any other current "destination" airline turning into that?

07-11-2024, 09:34 AM

#737

zerozero

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dera

Ha. That's easy.

DHL

Destroyer of Homes and Lives.

Taught to me by a former Airborne guy.

07-11-2024, 09:56 AM

#738

nitefr8dog

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Brownose74

ohhh yeah. But we retire millionaires with out working a day off . I’ll keep y’all in my thoughts though.

I really don't know anyone who retired at ABX that wasn't a
millionaire...in this market that was easy.

07-11-2024, 08:26 PM

#739

astray

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dera

Your contract can stagnate relative to the entire industry. See ABX and how their contract hasn't changed much since like 2018. Or Fedex, for that matter.

07-11-2024, 10:09 PM

#740

abxflyr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dera

OMG...I'm not here to give a history lesson about the airline industry, any specific industry segment, nor a single carriers' history. It wouldn't hurt the younger crowd to learn a little bit about where their industry came from, and just as important, where it could be going in future times. Try Google, or maybe even read a copy of Flying the Line.