Spewing volcanoes / declining revenues?

[Streakn1]

Because our carrier has been keeping us quite busy since the beginning of the year, we've not paid attention to the world news in the past few days. No time to watch the tube! But the events of today's loads have given us good cause to fire up the satilite and watch the news!

We sit here at JFK scheduled to pick up two jet engines today from two different customers. But they are not here. They were supposed to have flown in last night from overseas. But naw, they have not left their points of origin. Why? Volcanic dust and what not in the air! And lots of it. Don't know yet when they'll fly. Aint safe to fly until the dust and stuff clears. Volcanic ash can be very dreadful for a perfectly good aircraft in many ways!

So, no engines to haul, no revenue today for hauling them. Dry run pay? Could this be one claim that falls under the "act of God clause" that makes a shipper exempt? Time will tell. We hear one engine might be in on Sunday. Might!

So in seeing how expedited aviation freight has been affected, what about your area of expedited freight? Are you feeling a bit dusty the past two days? Has the eruption of the volcano in Iceland affected your bottom line yet?

 

[greg334]

Streak,
No problems, the EU is seeing flights cut by 48%, no biggy.

I don't think there is a lot of freight I depend on with shipments from EU, outside of some pharma out of france and that can sit.

But between these two threads (phil's), I am wondering what the big whoop is all about?

It seems when Mt St Helen's had an upset, things still seemed to be a bit normal.

But then again we don't have the EU and the UN telling everyone that there will be deaths from the ash.

Do you get paid for sitting and waiting?

Why would this be an act of God when there are flights still going on?

 

[Streakn1]

Streak,

Do you get paid for sitting and waiting?

Why would this be an act of God when there are flights still going on?

If the customer chooses to hold our truck to insure that ground transportation is available once the engine arrives, then we get detention time, or they forfeit the truck and take their chances on another truck being readily available when needed.

In watching a Fox News report today, several overseas airlines are using this clause to get out of refunding and/or assisting passengers that were booked on cancelled flights and stranded at airports.

Guess I didn't see Phil's thread on the subject when I posted mine. Guess I should have crashed his party instead of starting my own! LOL

 

[Turtle]

I'm still reeling from Pinatubo.

 

[layoutshooter]

I predict that there is going to be a HUGE increase in the production of "lava lamps" due to this eruption!! Just wait till they get over here!! Man, we will all be running hard!!