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[Rick Ross]

I was told the other day that there is a guy on a 6 day run who made 240k last year.

I find that hard to believe but I would never say it's impossible. I sometimes meet SDFAS sleeper drivers who are running feeder runs on their days off. One of the guys said they have a few who work every day possible and they barely crack $190k.

Also, does working on a 6th day matter in sleepers if it's your bid run? We have runs that start at 23:30 and have drive time on 6 days and I've never heard of anyone getting paid extra for their 6th day. Especially because most of them have that leg originate on the 5th day. If they were getting OT I would think they would push the start time back to midnight to save the $$.

 

[Jones]

I find that hard to believe but I would never say it's impossible. I sometimes meet SDFAS sleeper drivers who are running feeder runs on their days off. One of the guys said they have a few who work every day possible and they barely crack $190k.

Also, does working on a 6th day matter in sleepers if it's your bid run? We have runs that start at 23:30 and have drive time on 6 days and I've never heard of anyone getting paid extra for their 6th day. Especially because most of them have that leg originate on the 5th day. If they were getting OT I would think they would push the start time back to midnight to save the $$.

Yeah I don't know, sounded pretty crazy to me but I'm not up on all the ins and outs of sleeper team pay.

 

[Dracula]

Yeah I don't know, sounded pretty crazy to me but I'm not up on all the ins and outs of sleeper team pay.

I run mileage, and I’m almost to $105k so far. We also have several sleeper teams that are over 6000 miles. Those teams are making over $3000 a week. A little simple math says, minus the seven weeks of vacation, that’s $138,000. Add in another $10.5k for vacation pay, and you’re right around 150k.

That’s without any extra work. A lot of those sleeper drivers are always signing up for extra work, so I can easily see hitting 175k.

 

[Rick Ross]

I run mileage, and I’m almost to $105k so far. We also have several sleeper teams that are over 6000 miles. Those teams are making over $3000 a week. A little simple math says, minus the seven weeks of vacation, that’s $138,000. Add in another $10.5k for vacation pay, and you’re right around 150k.

That’s without any extra work. A lot of those sleeper drivers are always signing up for extra work, so I can easily see hitting 175k.

I think $175k wouldn't be a problem for many but there is a huge difference between $175k and $240k. I bet some pilots barely make $240k.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I'm glad I don't even need to make 90k .

 

[Johney]

I bet some pilots barely make $240k.

No I'm pretty sure you're wrong there.

 

[Rick Ross]

No I'm pretty sure you're wrong there.

I don't know how accurate this is.

 

[Johney]

I don't know how accurate this is.

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I think it's much higher from what I remember from their last contract negotiations.

 

[Mugarolla]

I think it's much higher from what I remember from their last contract negotiations.

Captains make quite a bit more, First Officers make quite a bit less.

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[Poop Head]

Captains make quite a bit more, First Officers make quite a bit less.

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I have yet to see a bid sheet posted for pilots

 

[Non sequitur]

I have yet to see a bid sheet posted for pilots

They don't want to loose all their "runner" feeder drivers so you'll never see the bid. Managers office

 

[Johney]

Captains make quite a bit more, First Officers make quite a bit less.

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I thought so.

I have yet to see a bid sheet posted for pilots

We had an air driver many years ago who flys for UPS now.

 

[brostalss]

Still has that new truck smell

 

[ManInBrown]

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Single screw or twin screw? Single screws are great IMO. Best tractors we have behind 278 Mack’s. The new twin screw Freightliners are garbage

 

[over9five]

Wow, is that outside temp right?

 

[Indecisi0n]

I caught UPS red handed ! See their camera malfunctioned and threw a code, CALL THE NEWS, CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN, TWITTER THE BIG ORANGE. THEY ARE WATCHING US !

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

I caught UPS red handed ! See their camera malfunctioned and threw a code, CALL THE NEWS, CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN, TWITTER THE BIG ORANGE. THEY ARE WATCHING US !

We have a whole lot of tractors that don't have working cruise control because the collision mitigation is broken. Really annoying.

 

[brostalss]

Single screw or twin screw? Single screws are great IMO. Best tractors we have behind 278 Mack’s. The new twin screw Freightliners are garbage

Single. Put 500 miles on it. Practically drove itself. We just got three brand new ones.

 

[Sweeper]

We have a whole lot of tractors that don't have working cruise control because the collision mitigation is broken. Really annoying.

Lots of our KW’s around here have the same problem.

 

[Indecisi0n]

We have a whole lot of tractors that don't have working cruise control because the collision mitigation is broken. Really annoying.

Yup .I just sit back and use my pinpuller to push the has pedal. Ain't nobody got time for that .