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Old 03-18-2007 | 09:22 PM
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Are there any issues with residing overseas and flying for a foreign carrier and returning to the US to fly for FedEx or UPS? Is there a 5-year residency requirement?
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Old 03-18-2007 | 09:28 PM
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From the Fedex website:

Please note that you must have the ability to obtain clearance from the United States Postal Service for handling or access to U.S. mail, which includes FBI fingerprint check, and candidate must have resided in the United States for the last five consecutive years (except for U.S. military assignments). Review our qualifications for additional information.
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Old 03-18-2007 | 09:38 PM
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Do you know if the residency is solely connected with the security clearance? For a former military pilot with a curent Sec Clnc would the residency still be an issue?
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Old 03-18-2007 | 10:43 PM
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Even though that would make some sense, it is the government so I wouldn't count on it.
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Old 03-19-2007 | 07:06 AM
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don't know of any such problem at UPS
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Old 03-19-2007 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 767pilot
don't know of any such problem at UPS
USPS contract drives this issue!
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Old 03-19-2007 | 12:20 PM
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So does that mean that FedEx has a USPS contract and UPS doesn't?
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Old 03-19-2007 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Qpilot
So does that mean that FedEx has a USPS contract and UPS doesn't?
Yes, that's exactly what it means ... see link below for details.

http://www.fedex.com/us/about/news/p...22.html?link=4
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Old 03-19-2007 | 02:11 PM
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To be fair, UPS as well as many other carriers have contracts with USPS; we just have the huge one.
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Old 03-19-2007 | 04:21 PM
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Thanks for the info. Does UPS have many pilots that have returnied from overseas gigs on the roster? Would figure FedEx has zero.
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