Originally Posted by
apufire
Every day at UPS is worse than the previous day; it’s just like Office Space. I’m almost 50, almost 4 years here with a military retirement and VA disability. Since I’m too old to switch now, my plan is to updrage first available, get my captain retirement, then resign and go fly for someone else until age 65. I cannot stress to anyone enough how much this place sucks. I came here because of the retirement and I thought that the union had our backs. I have quickly learned that there is no reason to stay.
It will have no effect on me since you’re junior to me, but if you are going to leave, why wait for an upgrade that might be 2 to 3 years away? The difference between a 12 year career and a 15 year career at Delta/UA/AA/SW could be well over a million $$ (think 3 more years as a top of the scale captain there). You would spend your 50s doing the type of flying you want, and you would get to the left seat there years earlier than you would by waiting around here.