How you are perceived outside the cockpit
I just posted this on the Fedex site, thought it was worth sharing on your thread. From a retired Fedex guy, best of luck to you all.
Dean Maciuba
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Like FedEx, UPS Has too Many Pilots
Many sources rate UPS pilots as the highest paid in the airline industry, including both passenger and cargo carriers. UPS pilots are also sitting on a fairly recent 2-year contract extension ratified in August of 2022 that resulted in a pay raise that was negotiated just prior to the air cargo industry starting to tank. Unlike FedEx, UPS is more able to fund a pilot buyout while FedEx is sitting on 700 pilot positions that they currently do not need. The passenger airline segment is seeing growing passenger volume while freight carrier volume is down globally, after crazy growth during COVID that is driving over capacity today.
Being a pilot in the cargo industry is a much easier job than serving on a flight crew for a passenger carrier as packages do not complain and resist rule compliance. Like it or not, both UPS and FedEx pilots are going to have to move to probably lower paid positions with the passenger carriers if they choose to remain employed in the industry or retire.
I have lifted this from a public posting on LinkedIn dated around Sept 4th.
Mr. Maciuba is a regular on Linkedin and a consultant speaking (and no doubt) making his current living by speaking to the greater integrator industry (Fedex, UPS, DHL, Amazon). Online his postings are as an "influencer". If you are a member of Linkedin you can add your thoughts about Mr. Maciuba's opinions. It is always interesting to hear non aviators speak with such authority about a profession they only know by way of other's opinions or by way of siting at the airport or on a flight.
Unfortunately this greater sphere of influencers, whether knowledgeable or not, will impact the opinions of the industry press, the larger national press, Wall Street financiers, and of course, political powers whether elected or not.