How did you get to UPS?
02-18-2022, 07:25 PM
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How did you get to UPS?
I am curious about the background of current UPS pilots.
How did you get to SDF?
Straight from the RJ? ULCC? ACMI?
I've seen the threads where guys talk about jumping ship from the legacies...
If you chose to leave, why?
How did you get to SDF?
Straight from the RJ? ULCC? ACMI?
I've seen the threads where guys talk about jumping ship from the legacies...
If you chose to leave, why?
Last edited by onepoint5thumbs; 02-18-2022 at 07:32 PM. Reason: good suggestions
02-19-2022, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by onepoint5thumbs
I am curious about the background of current UPS pilots.
How did you get to SDF?
Awarded ANC MD11 as a newhire, displaced to SDF after a couple bid periods. Anything in SDF was my initial goal.
Straight from the RJ? ULCC? ACMI?
Retired from USAF direct to UPS.
I've seen the threads where guys talk about jumping ship from the legacies...
I didn’t do this. I have one friend who left AA for FedEx and would have done the same for UPS. We seem to have had a steady trickle (~10-20/yr) during my time here. Covid may have accelerated this slightly.
If you chose to leave, why?
The vast majority of pilots who left here did so in the 90s because they had recall rights due to furlough from Delta and AA. That was a different age when our contract was not yet competitive. Today, it’s relatively rare. My presumption being it’s guys who live in base for a legacy.
How did you get to SDF?
Awarded ANC MD11 as a newhire, displaced to SDF after a couple bid periods. Anything in SDF was my initial goal.
Straight from the RJ? ULCC? ACMI?
Retired from USAF direct to UPS.
I've seen the threads where guys talk about jumping ship from the legacies...
I didn’t do this. I have one friend who left AA for FedEx and would have done the same for UPS. We seem to have had a steady trickle (~10-20/yr) during my time here. Covid may have accelerated this slightly.
If you chose to leave, why?
The vast majority of pilots who left here did so in the 90s because they had recall rights due to furlough from Delta and AA. That was a different age when our contract was not yet competitive. Today, it’s relatively rare. My presumption being it’s guys who live in base for a legacy.
02-19-2022, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by C2078
Also ask why UPS pilots leave, even if few and far between.
02-19-2022, 09:06 AM
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I was a corporate pilot my whole career whose job was going away soon due to a buyout. I decided to bite the bullet and attend a job fair. Once I attended that, everything happened pretty quickly.
The recruiter (retired mgmt pilot) was completely un-interested in my resume while he was looking at it until I mentioned that I’d been flying internationally quite a bit. Then he completely flipped.
Hogan came a couple weeks later. Interviewed about a month after the Hogan. Swam in the pool for 5ish months.
The recruiter (retired mgmt pilot) was completely un-interested in my resume while he was looking at it until I mentioned that I’d been flying internationally quite a bit. Then he completely flipped.
Hogan came a couple weeks later. Interviewed about a month after the Hogan. Swam in the pool for 5ish months.
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