UPS Training
 

Anyone know what UPS training is like?

Do they want to see you through or is it a cookie cutter sharkfest?

It is because our facilities are so old and run down that they want the occupiers to at least don't look half-a$$, like the building.

Ties are Monday-Thursday (corporate America vs. airline environment) and training is computer based for aircraft systems. Two weeks of "welcome to UPS" basic indoc. 75/76 is AQP and initial MD-11 is still regular oral and checkride. Instructors are a mix of management pilots and IPA/line pilot-instructors. For the MD as you go through the computer based stuff for each system, you reinforce that system's knowledge in a fixed base sim, then move to regular sim for maneuvers/V1 cuts, etc. Training is good and thorough; however, it's low stress. Some of the checklist stuff is very different from other airlines. But overall, the manuals and procedures are very similar to just about every other airline out there.

After the computer based systems, is there an oral or computer based test? Must you score a certain score or you fail? Does that suffice for an oral or is there also an oral? Is any fleet AQP?

Okay so I over looked that 76/75 is AQP. How about the 74/400?

Yes
 

To answer your question directly ...

YES, I do know what UPS training is like !

:D

You should try it, you might like it !

Later, CC

In their minds, they want you to wear the tie and look like a professional becuase they like to give tours of the training center to prospective customers and so they want us to look decent. Makes for some pretty creative neckware sometimes!

A300 is AQP as well, eventually more fleets will be added. Too busy on the MD side to change things now. AQP is nice on the 757 fleet, no oral just a 100 question multiple-choice test. Not sure about the 744, they might be AQP since it will be a new (and by default smal fleet.