UPS hiring anytime soon??
12-12-2008, 09:58 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by cargo hopeful
Are things this bleak at FedEx as well?
BIGGS-doomsday-predictions!!!--bad-news-ups-fedex-drink-lots-of-booze-build-nukeproof-bunkers-store-up-on-batteries-sell-your-kids-hug-your-dog-shoot-your-cat-before-reading-the-end-is-imminent
She's probably right but how does someone store up so much negative energy?
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12-13-2008, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Rocket Bob
Heard last night from a department head that we will be parking all the DC-8's by APRIL!!! Also said that many of the international flights are going from 5x weekly to 2x weekly. This does not bode well for hiring until 2012 or beyond. Still getting the 3 767's this year. Said volume has dropped off a cliff and Atlanta feels there has been a permanent shift away from the next day product. Said the fuel surcharges got so high that businesses tried the ground product and liked it just the same. This is gonna get ugly. I think the "no furloughs for now" talk is ridiculous.
Parking all of the Dc-8s by April??!! Posting that is akin to screaming "fire" in a crowded movie theater these days with Biggs on here. I'm calling you out and publicly stating that you made it up. Who was the Department head who said it? And if it really was a dept head than why are you the only one he/she told this to?
12-13-2008, 08:20 AM
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I've heard of a Bid/Displacement in Feb. or March. All planned around the training center. The training center will be wide open around April on.
I predict 747 vacancies and DC8 Displacements. Probably park 10 or so DC8's next year since we lost the big DHL volume.
I predict 747 vacancies and DC8 Displacements. Probably park 10 or so DC8's next year since we lost the big DHL volume.
12-13-2008, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by L'il J.Seinfeld
Parking all of the Dc-8s by April??!! Posting that is akin to screaming "fire" in a crowded movie theater these days with Biggs on here. I'm calling you out and publicly stating that you made it up. Who was the Department head who said it? And if it really was a dept head than why are you the only one he/she told this to?
12-13-2008, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Rocket Bob
Wish I were making it up. He said there were two scenarios at this point. One involved parking 14 Diesels and 15 757's, not making this up. The latest had just 29 diesels parked. Captain and I heard it with our own ears, he was on the jumpseat with us, you woulda heard it too had you been there Lil J. I don't spread rumors that cause widespread heartburn for kicks, this guy had legit credibility...
Saying you made the whole thing up was wrong on my part. But I still believe that your source does not have the full picture.
12-13-2008, 11:38 AM
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Hey Rocket,
I just had one of our ACPs on the jumpseat. He said UPS is trying to collect all available info and will possibly be making some decision in the spring about staffing. Nothing yet has been decided according to him.
I just had one of our ACPs on the jumpseat. He said UPS is trying to collect all available info and will possibly be making some decision in the spring about staffing. Nothing yet has been decided according to him.
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