Harrisburg

Why is it that an endorsement for FedEx always hit a nerve with you boys?

Airbum

personally I think Salty was saying it is somewhat close and making a joke of it all.

My own theory to your question is that I think FedEx would be a smoother and easier pilot job then working for the trucking company which is UPS. We know we will have to struggle for things which are just a given at purple. This lends itself to wishing we where more valued pilots. Heck I just found out the actual union pilots over at FedEX have a say in the hiring process beyond just submitting recommendations. This never happens at UPS.

Its been a strong union here and a tight pilot group because it has to be as our common problems drives us together. I'm settled in and well don't need UPS to like me anymore, just pay me.

SaltyDog

Airbum understood the post.
Go and read post #46 in this thread. I think two great companies. FedEx and UPS were my two top flying job choices with no first. Had many friends at both. Wanted to work at either of them and took the first one of the two that offered me the job. Have no doubt had I been offered an interview, interviewed and offered Purple first, would be purple today. Said take first of the two (Purple or Brown) to offer the job, then when/if the other offered, had a real choice.
Said same to the OP.

PolarTiger

Junior UPS CA just went to a Aug 2015 hire. That being said, I think the choice between UPS or FedEx just got more interesting.

C2078

This is a marathon, not a sprint. In reality, either choice will be just fine, both great futures. If there is one differentiator, pick a domicile to live. ANY big 6 job living in base is a unique job.

BlueAvi8tor

I second this. Living in domicile is amazing.

BrowntownNewbie

I had my choice between the two. Very glad I came to UPS. Good friends at FedEx, they are more than a little nervous with the latest earnings report.

cessnapilot

It is a long career and the up and down can be found at all carriers over the years. You won’t know until the end of your career how it went.

We had some junior guys go to FedEx in ‘07 and it’s worked out well for them. Fingers crossed things keep going well for us, but be aware that we aren’t immune from what’s hitting FedEx.

whalesurfer

Agree, the day you retire is when you know if your career choices paid off.
‘Hope for the best but plan for the worst‘.

FYI - we lost some newhires to purple as recently as early Spring of 2019.

DirtyPurple

Both are great companies. Short term is a kick in the nuts for Purple. It may be a kick in the nuts when/if UPS extracts itself from AMZ. My crystal ball has a crack in it.

I’m Purple. I don’t find myself ever rooting against Brown. I have friends there. I find myself rooting hard for my ACMI bros to get a better deal from their Amazonian/company slave masters. With the cutthroat culture at AMZ, I don’t honestly know when that may happen.

As to the Chicken Little comments above for your buddies at Purple who are scared based on a quarterly report, I say more power to them. If they want to jump ship based on a speed bump, they will more than likely never get more than 5 years of seniority at any airline.

In the mid-2000s, Delta was a dirty dog that nobody wanted. Now it is the most profitable pax airline. Based on the sinusoidal wave of airline “success”, it’s likely that in 5 years, it will be another company.

It’s a crazy ride. I hope all of us end up where we want to be. I just wish I knew where that was.