Tigerpilot1995

A buddy just took the assessment today and here is what he said to me;

"It's a couple dozen different screens of 10 questions each. It's in two sections and they corelate. No way to prepare, just answer them honestly."

At the end he got a message saying he would be contacted directly soon. He got an email notifiying him of the assessment and before that his application showed "active".

workingforfree

Wow, all great information. Thank you! … "active" here too.

Tigerpilot1995

I think Husker is dead on correct too. 7 years ago my new hire class had 21 people in it. There were easily a dozen different backgrounds and stories in the class. Our ages spanned from late 20s to the early 50s. I think UPS has always done it this way. It is a crazy eclectic pilot group but one that is easily the most unified I've ever heard of or seen.

I always say this is the best job I've ever had working for the worst people I've ever worked for. You take the good with the bad and know you have the best union on the planet behind you.

P.S. I was furloughed and I don't come to work ****ed about it.

Jetjok

I couldn't disagree more with your point of view. Why would an airline, any airline, in todays environment, pass up a more experienced pilot, who has time in what that airline is currently flying? Just so that they'd have guys who could put in 25 or 30 years on the job, thereby forcing the airline to pay out more in retirement, than they would have, if they'd hired an older guy who only had 10 or 15 years to give to the company before he was forced to retire.

The flying that we freight-haulers do is sort of unique within the industry, and not everyone can do it. If I were doing the hiring, I'd be looking for the biggest bang I could get for my buck, and the one that would cost me the least amount of "down time" with the new hires. I'd much prefer that my cockpits be manned by two experienced guys, rather than one and one. Training costs, although they appear to be high, in the overall scheme of things, aren't and if I had to train a new guy every 10 or 15 years to replace a retiring guy, that's a small price to pay, compared to the experience level that is brought to the company by a more highly trained pilot.

If I were having brain surgery, which my wife thinks I need, I'd be looking for the most experienced neurosurgeon I could find, not someone with fewer surgeries, and lesser time in the operating room.

Nitefrater

JJ,

All that makes sense if you assume that management wants to hire the most qualified pilot they can. What if they want to hire the most docile employee they can?

(Looking over the neighbor's fence perspective) I think UPS management would like to hire nothing but NURPS. If they can't get enough to bite on that package, they could look to hire line pilots that might act like they expect NURPS to act. They'll look to hire based on "other" qualifications.

"If the minimum wasn't good enough, it wouldn't be the minimum"

Husker4Life

Fair enough. Like I said, it's just a gut feeling. Good luck to all the applicants!

LoneStarM1A

They don't have a box to check for Antarctica on the application. The continent thing is not something I'm throwing out to sound cool, they have boxes to check in their application for this. Funny stuff anyway though.

satpak77

Just a reminder that due to the looming pilot shortage, UPS (and all legacies) will be "hurting" and the applicant pool will be very dry due to the shortage

Jetnfast

Does UPS hire into a pool? If offered the job, how long can you defer your training start date due to mil sep, etc. ?

Anyone get a call to interview yet after completing the assessment?

Do they pay for your travel to/from the interview?

From a previous post, is it correct to assume that it would be possible to get ONT out of the gate? Is that because there is a lot of movement between domiciles as a junior reserve bubba?

A new thread just started mentioned hiring might ramp up to 200 pilots....

WorldlyAviator

Passed the psycho analysis and now invited to "Day 1 Event". Waiting to hear back with confirmation on travels and hotels.

Anyone else joining me? I was explained it will be a Three day process. Day 1 will include just a sim check. If passed will be asked to stay for Day 2 and 3, which is a full medical check up at a clinic in Louisville and CRM/problem solving group work. Day 3 will be a meeting with HR and a Captain. Not much intel available on willflyforfood.com

Anyone know of a good UPS interview prep they can recommend?

Quals:

9750 total
6650 pic
Currently Emirates 777 Capt.

My wife is from Seattle and we want to be based in Anchorage and commute. Any idea how long it will take to get that base?

Going on year 9 in the Sandbox and about ready to return to America.