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Speed Select
If offered a job, should I leave a “Big Three” major for FedEx or UPS?
Five years at a major, likely going to be furloughed. Passenger traffic forecasted to return to pre-CV levels in 2022/23. FedEx and UPS are both hiring, and cargo seems very immune to the typical calamities that torpedo AA/DL/UA, especially in a social distancing Amazon-dominated world.
I left WN off the list because they planned for a rainy day and will likely survive this.
Will be applying to FedEx and UPS this weekend.
I know that in the past UPS had gotten burned hiring furloughed legacy pilots because they ended up going back. From what I was told by a UPS check airman, they tended to shy away from legacy pilots since there are plenty of other people who want to work there and not just looking for a place to ride out their furlough.