Originally Posted by
de727ups
I'll say zero until they open it up for guys without heavy, international, time. Then, I'd say your "package handling" time is meaningless. I've never heard of them caring about that. You're internal recs are what matters.
i dont think that the "package handling" would be meaningless, it shows that you do have a history with the company and a little bit of personal development to go from handling boxes to put yourself through college at 19 and then applying for a first officer position at 26?!?! I have heard that the interview board likes when someone who has a history with the company doing the backbone labor of the whole operation, interviews for a pilot position. I know that "package handling" in no way qualifies you to fly an airplane better or safer than any others, but I think it might be an added bonus over an equally qualified applicant who has never worked at UPS before!