Actually it's funny that you say "a bit longer". I love the automated floor. But as a cargo loader myself, the whole while I'm thinking the job would get done a lot faster if 2-3 just pushed. LOL
LOL, it would be impossible to use only straps from the airline whose plane we were servicing. At major cargo hubs, freight gets broken down in another handling company's warehouse and the straps get used on yet another airline's freight and it just keeps going. It's quite a sight to see when new boxes of straps show up and they're all in the same color for the same company. Not sure if you know this, but these tie-downs have expiration dates. Every so often, we'd arrange them and separate the expired or near-expired ones for recycling.
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter I worked under CX cargo service for some time. According to CX's cargo manual, all CX flts shall use its own tie-downs only, but it's understandable this rule hard to be applied across the network as you stated above. I know the expiration thing, it's great you do the equipment check on a regular basis. The warehouse operator in my port doesn't have this routine due to sloppy management.
I can't see from the video what moves the pallets along the deck. Clearly it's motorized in some way, judging by the noise, and no manual input beyond the entrance door and locking into position.
All the silver rollers on the steel ramps move. Its a nice grippy surface under the pallet that the hundreds of little wheels can move them along the aircraft.
There is the Fwd and Aft compartments of the Lower Lobe (belly) and there is the main deck/ main upper portion of the fuselage. To answer your question there are two decks, and there are likely only 7 crew because most of the space is occupied by cargo, hence the term Freighter. I did a Kalitta 747-4F from IAD-KBL with less than 5 crew and over 42 pallets
The people that load and unload these cargo only aircraft, do they deal with any of the warehousing of the cargo? Like building up the ULD pallets, and taking apart the arriving ULDs? The plane loading part seems like a VERY interesting and possibly fun job. But if you have to build up pallets and offload/load the cargo trucks, and deal with all the warehousing bullshit and manual labour then fuck that.
Some of us will work in the warehouse building or breaking down freight for overtime. Honestly, warehouse experience helps out on the ramp because the warehouse guys don't always properly tie down freight. Those nets have to be tight with little to no slack in them to prevent cargo from shifting during flight.
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Wow. The efficiency of your work is to be noted.
That is a great view of the cargo loading process. I am glad you shared!
Your videos are really cool, it's different seeing airport operations from the perspective of the ramp workers
NCA has the cleanest airplanes I've seen in a cargo airline.
Totally agree. They really take care of their aircraft.
That looks pretty cool! Great video! Liked!!
Really awesome video man! So this is what goes inside the plane! :D
Awesome video!! Liked!!
Actually it's funny that you say "a bit longer". I love the automated floor. But as a cargo loader myself, the whole while I'm thinking the job would get done a lot faster if 2-3 just pushed. LOL
just push foward a fraight to another state they do transatlantic what soo hard
Thank you for sharing 💖👍
This plane seems so huge inside!
This seems like a good job
9:35 Using CX (unconfirmed), KL and NH tie-down straps on a KZ flight. That's an audit finding, just saying. :-)
LOL, it would be impossible to use only straps from the airline whose plane we were servicing. At major cargo hubs, freight gets broken down in another handling company's warehouse and the straps get used on yet another airline's freight and it just keeps going. It's quite a sight to see when new boxes of straps show up and they're all in the same color for the same company. Not sure if you know this, but these tie-downs have expiration dates. Every so often, we'd arrange them and separate the expired or near-expired ones for recycling.
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter I worked under CX cargo service for some time. According to CX's cargo manual, all CX flts shall use its own tie-downs only, but it's understandable this rule hard to be applied across the network as you stated above. I know the expiration thing, it's great you do the equipment check on a regular basis. The warehouse operator in my port doesn't have this routine due to sloppy management.
between the last pallet and the locks row there was a space about 15cm, is that manually correct ??
do you have a remote control or is it attached to the plane?
I can't see from the video what moves the pallets along the deck. Clearly it's motorized in some way, judging by the noise, and no manual input beyond the entrance door and locking into position.
All the silver rollers on the steel ramps move. Its a nice grippy surface under the pallet that the hundreds of little wheels can move them along the aircraft.
So in your comments above you stated that their are 7 crew on board, why are there 7 crew members? On a 747-8F are there multiple decks to load cargo?
There is the Fwd and Aft compartments of the Lower Lobe (belly) and there is the main deck/ main upper portion of the fuselage. To answer your question there are two decks, and there are likely only 7 crew because most of the space is occupied by cargo, hence the term Freighter. I did a Kalitta 747-4F from IAD-KBL with less than 5 crew and over 42 pallets
+Collin Brennan I did a Kalitta freighter for Christmas a few years back with mail . He had his dog with him .
I thought Kalitta went under ?
No correction being driven out from aircraft via drive system
The people that load and unload these cargo only aircraft, do they deal with any of the warehousing of the cargo? Like building up the ULD pallets, and taking apart the arriving ULDs? The plane loading part seems like a VERY interesting and possibly fun job. But if you have to build up pallets and offload/load the cargo trucks, and deal with all the warehousing bullshit and manual labour then fuck that.
Some of us will work in the warehouse building or breaking down freight for overtime. Honestly, warehouse experience helps out on the ramp because the warehouse guys don't always properly tie down freight. Those nets have to be tight with little to no slack in them to prevent cargo from shifting during flight.
Alex Ceric At Arlanda airport in Sweden they have two different crews. my brother used to work in the warehouse
Cargo pallet being driven into aircraft via drive system
Your employer is AGI?
oh ok nevermind I just saw it 😊
I Sorry