r/rampagent

I work for Delta (hub) and I’m coming up on my first real bid, so I’m curious what everyone’s experience has been with part-time vs. full-time.

I had a second job when I started, so I’ve been working part time at Delta and picking up other shifts off the billboard pretty consistently to make close to full time hours. That worked well because I could build my schedule around the other job, give away shifts when needed, and still take a trip here and there. Lately, though, the extra shifts on the billboard have really dried up.

The second job is also starting to go sideways, so I’m considering trying to get a full time line on my first bid. I know I’m at the bottom of the seniority list as far as picking goes, so I’m not expecting to have a ton of choice with my schedule.

I’m not opposed to taking a part time line and continuing to pick up to make full time hours, but seeing how few shifts are available right now has me a little worried about relying on that.

My main concern is flexibility. How difficult is it to give away full time shifts when you need a day off or want to take a trip? I don’t want to lock myself into 40 hours if it’s going to be a pain to get any flexibility.

For those of you who have been doing this for a while, what do you prefer?

I making a career change and I aspire to become an AME (Canada). Other than a keen interest, I am green when it comes to aviation. I’m currently looking at a couple of entry-level airport positions and may have the opportunity to work in either ramp/ground operations or aircraft de-icing.

For someone trying to eventually get into aircraft maintenance, which type of job would give me the most valuable experience?

Thank you all in advance

I had a question if anyone knows anything about Menzies aviation at LAX , I’ve been trying to get in to the airport for the past few months and I finally got my foot in the door with this position as a bag porter! I’m curious to see if anyone works there now and how the schedules might be. If it’s always changing or how the bid system works because this is all new to me. Also, what it’s like working for Menzies specifically at LAX i’ve seen some stories about other airports but i guess it depends on what station you’re at ! Thanks !

When I say I literally applied to 20+ jobs and keep getting denied something gotta shake 😂

So I saw a few weeks ago the AA had like 150 ramp agents for DFW posted internally. I assumed that ment that they would soon be hiring off the street.
Fast forward to now and I still haven’t seen any ramp agent jobs posted to the aa.careers website.
Was I wrong to assume that there should have been some openings posted by now???
Thanks in advance. ✌️

I'm a supervisor with a contractor at a regional airport. We work DL and UA, but UA is our bigger contract (mainlines, and significantly more flights). How easy would it be to eventually transfer to UA mainline? I love the job, but for a full career I'd rather make the jump to mainline. Would I need to get hired on as a ramp agent, or would it be possible to get a supervisor position given my current experience?

i started only 2 months ago with american airlines but from what i was told after we get access to zed in 6 months and 2 days of being here, we can list for zed on many airlines but they are all coach or economy except for jetblue and alaska. i had a coworker log on to their account and they were able to pull up a business class fare from clt to auh with etihad airways. idk if they could list bc we didn’t try but it showed the price of $341 which sounds right. if we can only list for business on AS and B6 then how come they were able to pull up a flight with EY on business? or would it have not allowed them the moment they tried to actually create the listing? anyone here personally travel on business using zed with other airlines other than jetblue and Alaska?

Being at the bottom of the ramp pay scale is tough. I really value the flexibility of the job though. Wanting to make the jump to supervisor. So how flexible is being a supervisor at a major airline? I’d imagine at a major hub there’s probably a few hundred supervisors to trade with???

Just got hired at envoy and the first day they informed us we gonna have a test, we can only fail 15 questions if we fail they letting us go.
How is the test like? With no airport experience what should I be looking out for ,how many questions is it? As someone who overthinks during test it got me stressing, should I be worried ?

I want to keep this short, but I feel like I made a huge mistake.

I got let go from my job a few months ago. My end goal in life is to become a pilot, so I wanted to test the waters and start from the bottom. I started looking for ramp agent careers and applied to Swiss, Prime, and United.

Prime called me within 22 hours after I submitted my resume. The job market is bad, so I took the firstcome, first serve opportunity, but now I feel like that was a huge red flag.

After two weeks of waiting, I finally started training, which was only two days. Those two days were so rushed and sloppy. Apart from "passing" some stupidly easy tests, I didn't feel like I was actually being prepared for the job. The whole thing made me uncomfortable because of how unprofessional the environment felt and how desperate they seem to be for people in my area.

I personally feel like I got tricked into working inside the warehouse instead of the role I actually wanted, which is working outside around aircraft. That's the experience I wanted because I feel like it would actually help me with my future career as a pilot.

This is taking me some time to write because I'm honestly so upset that my mind is clouded, and I don't even know what else to say.

I just want to hear from other Primers. What was your ramp experience like? Should I suck it up and work with Amazon packages in the meantime, or is it worth looking somewhere else?

Also to end it on a note i was to close to walking out of the classroom but im going to wait until they give me my SIDA Id incase i find another career at the airport should i wait for it to arrive?

I HATE MY JOB. I love the people, the fight benefits, and the hour long breaks. However everything else is garbage. Our management is awful which is my main reason for hating it here as well as the force mando shifts. I’ve been trying for a new job for months but the job market is awful!!! 😭 I’ve been at this for 3 years now and so ready to be out. Do yall like your job? How do i feel less miserable till i get a new job???

Also ppl need to stop flying american if they actually wanna get anywhere lol.

Is it true that AA or other airlines hire more people during the winter because fewer people want to work outside? I’m especially curious about MSP, since Minnesota winters can be brutally cold. Do airlines become less selective or reject fewer applicants during that time? If so, when do they usually start posting applications for winter positions?

I’ve been applying to ramp jobs at every airline for months now. I have a couple friends who do it at jet blue and they recommend it to me highly.

I applied and got a denial less than 5 mins later and I have no idea why?

I have a bachelors degree in business, I have no felonies, no restrictions to work at all. I’ve been working in banking for the last 5 years and am leaving it to go back to school part time. So I’d like my full time role to be ramp.

I’m not sure what they saw that made them instantly deny me??

Finally accepted my offer today and just waiting for all of my clearance checks to be completed.
I am a girl in her early 20s and very excited for this new chapter (I hope I didn’t make a bad decision lol. I have a choice between this or cabin cleaner and I just know I hate cleaning after others and I also kinda space out with cleaning bc of how boring it can be so I felt like ramp agent would be more entertaining).
But pleaseeee use this post to tell me all about things to expect, things about trainings, advice for “newbies” , how shifts work, plane experiences, t, delays and overtime, shift swapping, seniority experience, reasons to get fired, the probation period, ways to get promoted, benefits etc etc. Anything helps, just need to occupy my mind with things to expect about the job while I wait haha.

I also heard some things about out of state training along with tests, and I have no clue what that is about and I am super curious.

I’m trying to prove a point to someone about what the definition for ready for departure is. I’ll put what my definition is as a spoiler so as to not sway your answers. I’ll also ask, is this a subjective opinion? Or objective fact?

Let me know your thoughts.

>!In my mind, it is an objective fact that “ready for departure” means the plane is buttoned up, chocks and jetbridge are pulled, and we’re ready to push. No if ands or buts. It’s black and white.!<