Originally Posted by SaltyDog

I side with the ABX/Astar drivers on the necessity of this post. Maybe it's because I have some very close friends who started at ABX and DHL as wholey owned airlines about the time I was hired at UPS. ABX wages among others were used to strengthen our arguments for higher wages, etc.
Maybe in 10-15 years UPS contracts out most of our Intl. ops.
Know it's business blah blah, but our junior IPA pilots are not under threat of furlough without the business deal. Have many posts on the subject how UPS is extraordinarily optimized in the modes of transport and they are as furlough proof as we ever have.
Good for us, but an IPA pilot didn't need the DHL contract to have a job. UPS still PI$$es away current contracts. In any case, it is salt in the wounds as I watch these buds looking at hell in the face.