Who are the "flyers"?
Jan 20, 2012, 12:32 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: On the beach
Programs: QF P1 (OWE) LTG (OWS)
Posts: 822
Truck drivers, machine operators & basically anyone that works in the mining industry - down here.
We're in the middle of the biggest mining boom the world has seen for a long time......and the hundreds of thousands that are employed are mainly FIFO workers.
FIFO = Fly in, Fly out.
Have countless friends & family that do a roster of 7-10 days on & 7-10 days off...live East coast of Australia & fly to the mines on the West coast or the other way round.
The top status for QF is platinum (OWE) which is 1200 SC/TP per year....due to the very many miners that exceed this level QF have recently added another status level, Platinum 1 - you need to earn 3600 SC per year of which 2700 have to be accrued on QF metal not OW partners.
My brother & his mates clock this up in around 5-6 months
They also earn around A$150k for driving a bloody huge truck for 6 months of the year
We're in the middle of the biggest mining boom the world has seen for a long time......and the hundreds of thousands that are employed are mainly FIFO workers.
FIFO = Fly in, Fly out.
Have countless friends & family that do a roster of 7-10 days on & 7-10 days off...live East coast of Australia & fly to the mines on the West coast or the other way round.
The top status for QF is platinum (OWE) which is 1200 SC/TP per year....due to the very many miners that exceed this level QF have recently added another status level, Platinum 1 - you need to earn 3600 SC per year of which 2700 have to be accrued on QF metal not OW partners.
My brother & his mates clock this up in around 5-6 months
They also earn around A$150k for driving a bloody huge truck for 6 months of the year
Jan 20, 2012, 1:35 am
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: NYC
Programs: AA Plat, AA 1MM LT Gold, *wood Plat
Posts: 144
I need to give up my car learn how to drive a truck!.. Would spend 6 months working the remaining 6 months burning off the miles.
Jan 20, 2012, 2:18 am
#19
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: On the beach
Programs: QF P1 (OWE) LTG (OWS)
Posts: 822
Flush with money and a good few other things as well
Jan 20, 2012, 7:49 am
#20
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,438
I run a team that does exactly this (Not for Microsoft, fortunately...). Customers who spend millions of dollars have this odd expectation that things will be fixed immediately when they crash and burn, thus my folks are all on stand-by to travel at a moment's notice. I spend the majority of my time bouncing between 3 corporate offices (SJC, PHX, and DEN) and meeting with strategic customers and vendors.