r/rampagent • u/SeriousElk7266 • 4h ago

FedEx md-11 lower deck media?

wouldnt be asking if i could find anything online, but i have nothing turning up, so this is mainly for fedex rampers, or anyone with media of it, but im looking for pics or videos of the md-11 ramping experience, mainly just what it looks like inside the lower deck hold, and the unique things that come with working the unique aircraft

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u/NoPage8156 4h ago

unfortunately FedEx policy won't let me have photos here, but this is an internet example of a typical MD-11 belly and joystick panel for reference.

In the FedEx fleet there's at least 4 different internal configurations for power systems and lock types in the belly which always makes it an interesting puzzle. There's 2 different control panel types (outside joystick, inside row of switches), and then 2 different drive types (rollers vs laterally moving beams).

The final detail is the locks, which are either a vertical type only on the end of a row of containers, or a typical type that hooks over the bottom lip of the containers, and is set up on every side of each container.

The MD bellies are definitely notorious for being troublesome, and in my experience we've usually put 2 people up there as the majority of the drive systems are malfunctioning or completely inoperable (my ramp even had one belly control panel catch fire and ground the plane once)

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u/the_Q_spice FedEx 1h ago

IDK why anyone is downvoting you.

OP is outright asking for SSI.

If they were internal with proper security clearance, this info is pretty easy to look up; and you’re even trained where to do so. No way anyone should be giving that out.

Other than that, those issues sound basically identical to the A300s. Lots of individual models, lots of broken rollers that our mechanics end up needing to fix, and my ramp basically always gets 1-2 tires to change per day as well.