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08-18-2006, 04:17 AM
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I sit reserve as a 727 FE 13 of every 28 days. I'm home every day of the month and usually only fly 2 or 3 times. QOL is the best part of the job at UPS, at least in my experience. A lot of guys on this forum have called me crazy and have tried to convince me of how bad it really is at UPS. The guys who fly intl are gone a lot on longer trips, but that is their choice. The 727 and DC-8 have great QOL and go junior. In fact the 11/04 newhires are 14 and 15 on the seniority list out of 45 FOs. So if QOL is what you want, you can have it by bidding the 727/DC-8.
08-18-2006, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by L'il J.Seinfeld
I sit reserve as a 727 FE 13 of every 28 days. I'm home every day of the month and usually only fly 2 or 3 times. QOL is the best part of the job at UPS, at least in my experience. A lot of guys on this forum have called me crazy and have tried to convince me of how bad it really is at UPS. The guys who fly intl are gone a lot on longer trips, but that is their choice. The 727 and DC-8 have great QOL and go junior. In fact the 11/04 newhires are 14 and 15 on the seniority list out of 45 FOs. So if QOL is what you want, you can have it by bidding the 727/DC-8.
08-18-2006, 10:26 PM
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We have 3 domiciles and will soon open a fourth. Miami and Ontario, CA are 757 bases only and L-ville has everything else. SDFZ is the way we ID our SDF based crews who fly international on the 757/767. Anchorage will open next spring and will eventually have all the brand new 747-400s and MD-11s. The TA seems as if it will make life harder for the intl guys. The domestic A-300 and 757 crews get worked over pretty hard. But, like I posted before, the 727/DC-8s have great schedules and phenomenol QOL. Since we only have one pay scale it makes having to transition to larger ac unneccessary.
08-19-2006, 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by sscottky72
How often should an average pilot during the 1st five yrs expect to be away from his family per month? Is it possible to have a quality family life and fly for Big Brown?
08-19-2006, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by L'il J.Seinfeld
We have 3 domiciles and will soon open a fourth. Miami and Ontario, CA are 757 bases only and L-ville has everything else. SDFZ is the way we ID our SDF based crews who fly international on the 757/767. Anchorage will open next spring and will eventually have all the brand new 747-400s and MD-11s. The TA seems as if it will make life harder for the intl guys. The domestic A-300 and 757 crews get worked over pretty hard. But, like I posted before, the 727/DC-8s have great schedules and phenomenol QOL. Since we only have one pay scale it makes having to transition to larger ac unneccessary.
Can your schedule get as good as you say the 72/dc-8 gets?
How long you think it would take to get such good schedules(as above)? 5yrs?
08-19-2006, 12:40 PM
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I hear the Miami schedules are brutal for commuters, but pretty good if you live there. They do a lot of day flying turns. Leaving MIA at mid-morning and back home in time for dinner does not sound bad to me. For the guys that commute though they have to pay for a crashpad that they commute to an awfule lot since the schedules are mainly during the week. I have only been there once so my info is second hand.
08-19-2006, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by L'il J.Seinfeld
I hear the Miami schedules are brutal for commuters, but pretty good if you live there. They do a lot of day flying turns. Leaving MIA at mid-morning and back home in time for dinner does not sound bad to me. For the guys that commute though they have to pay for a crashpad that they commute to an awfule lot since the schedules are mainly during the week. I have only been there once so my info is second hand.
And thanks for all your responses Lil J
08-19-2006, 06:36 PM
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Some newhires are going to Miami now. You'd be able to bid out of the SDF dom within a year or so. I think that our pilot hiring will go through the roof in the next 6-18 months despite what our airline VP is saying. UPS is all about conservatism in that they will never share the "big secret" with anyone. Even if our TA passes we will still hire a ton IMO.
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