Originally Posted by L'il J.Seinfeld

First off you won't get any argument from me about how the process is FUBAR. I think it is better than having to pay to apply though.

But what is wrong with UPS going after guys with heavy, international experience? As a tanker pilot, I've dragged you guys around the world literally. Your international experience is mainly limited to cycling across the boom. Flying the exact same flight plan from Al Udeid to Iraq is not really intl experience. It's really no different than if it was being done over Texas. How many approaches to mins have you done in Asia, Europe or anywhere? How many times have you gone from meters to feet and QFH/QFE etc. on the same approach? It's not the hardest thing in the world and I am sure you could do it but the fact remains you lack that experience. So don't blame the HR folks because you are not getting the call. It sucked being in the USAF with it being run by fighter pilots that knew little about Strat Air or Air Refueling. It's ironic you are having the same type of complaint now.

I expect a lot of arrows will be coming my way. Let me make one final point. At UPS the MD-11 and 747-400s at ANC will be going very junior. There will likely be 3d or 4th year captains up there soon. Some of these guys, like me, will be coming off of the 727/DC-8 domestic reserve and will have only a few hundred hours of flight time at UPS. It could be disasterous if you took a new capt paired with a newhire who came from fighters and sent them around the world together.

FWIW, we are hiring a lot of guys without heavy, intl experience. But we are targeting the Atlas, Gemini, USAF heavy type experience and I don't see anything wrong with it. You chose fighters not heavies so why complain about it now?