SWA or UPS
01-22-2007 | 11:54 AM
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SWA or UPS
Just got the call from Southwest
, don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?
Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
, don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
01-22-2007 | 11:59 AM
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Just got the call from Southwest , don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?
Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
, don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
01-22-2007 | 12:08 PM
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Just got the call from Southwest , don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?
Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
, don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
Both are good gigs right now, but SWA has a lot of potential competition, which may actually become competetive someday. UPS is in a much better postion re. job security and long-term success because the economic and logistics barriers to setting up competing global package-delivery operations are absolutely enormous.
01-22-2007 | 12:15 PM
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YOUR decision
Congrats!! Good "problem" to have.
All I would say is, what's right for one person isn't necessarily right for someone else. Make your decision based on what's right for YOU (not what someone on this board thinks you should do).
I had somewhat of a similar situation....hired by SWA, then subsequently offered interview with UPS. Declined the UPS interview knowing SWA was where I really wanted to be. Didn't want to waste their/my time.
Good luck. I know there are many out there that would kill just to have a shot at ONE of these great companies.
All I would say is, what's right for one person isn't necessarily right for someone else. Make your decision based on what's right for YOU (not what someone on this board thinks you should do).
I had somewhat of a similar situation....hired by SWA, then subsequently offered interview with UPS. Declined the UPS interview knowing SWA was where I really wanted to be. Didn't want to waste their/my time.
Good luck. I know there are many out there that would kill just to have a shot at ONE of these great companies.
01-22-2007 | 12:15 PM
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A letter stating you are in the UPS pool does not equate to receiving a job offer. Some spend only a few days in the pool while others spend a year or longer. I would continue to pursue SWA until UPS calls you for a drug test/class date. Until then, it is a moot point. Best of luck. Either way, you have a bright future ahead of you!
01-22-2007 | 01:47 PM
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A letter stating you are in the UPS pool does not equate to receiving a job offer. Some spend only a few days in the pool while others spend a year or longer. I would continue to pursue SWA until UPS calls you for a drug test/class date. Until then, it is a moot point. Best of luck. Either way, you have a bright future ahead of you!
01-22-2007 | 01:52 PM
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The pool wait at UPS could be up to 3 or 4 years theoretically, so I would jump on the Southwest job offer until UPS calls for a class date.
UPS is where you want to hang your hat if you want the most stability of any pilot employer + the ability to make more than anyone else. Unfortunately the work culture suffers, but what place doesn't compared to Southwest?
UPS is where you want to hang your hat if you want the most stability of any pilot employer + the ability to make more than anyone else. Unfortunately the work culture suffers, but what place doesn't compared to Southwest?
01-22-2007 | 02:05 PM
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The pool wait at UPS could be up to 3 or 4 years theoretically, so I would jump on the Southwest job offer until UPS calls for a class date.
UPS is where you want to hang your hat if you want the most stability of any pilot employer + the ability to make more than anyone else. Unfortunately the work culture suffers, but what place doesn't compared to Southwest?
UPS is where you want to hang your hat if you want the most stability of any pilot employer + the ability to make more than anyone else. Unfortunately the work culture suffers, but what place doesn't compared to Southwest?
But over a long career I do agree freight is where it has and will be for decades. Never have had the ups and downs of the pax airlines, but then neither has SWA (great place by the way)
01-22-2007 | 02:15 PM
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Just got the call from Southwest , don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?
Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
, don't have the type rating yet. Just received the letter from UPS stating I'm in the Pool . What would you do?Just wondering what everyone has to say? I think both companys are great. Just trying to make a good choice, and weigh the pros and cons of both.
Thanks
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