Swakid8

After year 1, UPS blows everyone out the water…… More enough to make up for year 1z

Whalehunter

Why would UPS raise their first year pay?

nitefr8dog

Really? Reread the Ops post, I will try to answer your question if you still cannot comprehend my answer.

Whalehunter

I posted the OP question, since you're having a tough time putting 2 and 2 together.

nitefr8dog

"If Amerijet or any cargo company wants anyone to even consider flying a 767 they need to pay to play. I would think at the very least 120k base salary to start."

Again.."any cargo company " so I asked does that include UPS? Because obviously UPS does not need to raise 1st yr pay to attract new hires. Wow was it that tough? There 2 plus 2.

nitefr8dog

Then you didnt read it all.

KSUto64

And if you read the first post he specifically mentioned other ACMI carriers. So it’s not too much to assume that he omitted UPS and FedEx for a reason.

nitefr8dog

"any cargo company" that includes UPS .

KSUto64

The thread starting post lays the groundwork for the topic, at no point was UPS or FedEx mentioned. It’s clear from the original post those are the carriers the poster is concerned with. Follow on posts should be taken as continuation of the original thought unless more context is added. I don’t know about you but I don’t consider UPS or FedEx to be in the same league as any ACMI.

C17B74

Either way the ACMI side doesn’t jump significantly 2nd year, and so on as we know. Paying peanuts was the norm to lock folks in and keep them from jumping ship obviously, but several have increased the first year gauntlet to attract more applicants. Obviously having 2nd year pay as the highest in the industry is a very strategic move as folks wouldn’t endure the first year of tough schedules and debt debacle if the second year were not top or near the top of the pay scale. The kicker of ACMI is the training cost is paid easily within two years as folks cycle out and move on. Not a good growth move as it gets more challenging to hire of course, but depending on the situation sometimes it’s not cheaper to keep’m and hence pay scales suffer.

*If your waiting for that call for the gauntlet, than some of these other carriers aren’t bad places to hang out. Just remember there are only so many seats at the table and the economy, etc is always cyclic. Timing is everything.