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Originally Posted by Pilot7576 (Post 100930)

Viktorbravo...

Would you expect anything less (or more) from any other airline? I have found that the people I deal with are very nice and helpful in doing their jobs; no, they won't break the rules but sometimes they will bend them for you. It's about treating people the way you want to be treated.

Ups is a business. They take a lot of time (too much time!) negotiating our contract. My pay has always been there on time (more reliably even than the military!) and with the exception of one incompetent scheduler (we all know who she is) everyone I deal with on a regular basis is pleasant and agreeable. I show up, do my job and go home happy. What is it you want from ups? Not sure you would be happy at any other airline with the expectations and disappointments you seem to have with ups.

JMO

Pilot7576

I agree with you 100%. I was merely answering the queswtion and pointing out the pros and cons the way I see it and what I would like to be able to do in a perfect world with a perfect contract, but thats never going to happen, anywhere. When folks say this or that sucks, or is unfair I understand the frustration with having little schedule flexibility, but thats what we negotiated and signed up for. If I was unhappy working for UPS I would quit right now. One thing I realize about myself is that I would much rather be independent from drawing a paycheck and I am working with that in mind. When I get to the point where money is working for me so I dont have to put out extra effort drawing a paycheck I will evaluate whether or not my time spent in service of UPS still profitable. I think you might be reading too much into my post wrt being happy or not happy with UPS. I guess if I was totally and completely happy with drawing a paycheck I would not be working to become independent from that source of income.

I view my job at UPS as a vehicle to realize a longer term goal of finanacial independence. Thats not a common view of our job, nevertheless its my view.