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Old 03-02-2016, 05:38 PM
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What's the percentage of UPS guys who commute?

Which is the best fleet to commute to SDF? I would not like to commute to ANC, or is it a good deal?

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Old 03-03-2016, 04:20 AM
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Do a search and you'll save yourself a lot of pain from incoming rounds. Not trying to be a ###k, but unless you are senior there is no good commute here. Been doing it for 11 years. UPS finds new ways to screw with the schedule every bid period and especially during contract time. As a new hire move to SDF or go to Delta/AA/United.
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Old 03-03-2016, 04:51 AM
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Look at the flight schedule into SDF. If you see more than 50% RJs then you know your commute won't be easy. DL flies the most mainline into there.
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Do a search and you'll save yourself a lot of pain from incoming rounds. Not trying to be a ###k, but unless you are senior there is no good commute here. Been doing it for 11 years. UPS finds new ways to screw with the schedule every bid period and especially during contract time. As a new hire move to SDF or go to Delta/AA/United.
Not true at all. 10 year guy (junior) here and I am a commuter. Usually 2 commutes to SDF per month. I find it a lot easier, and pleasant, to commute on company aircraft here at UPS than at any of the other 5 airlines I've worked for. We have a descent commuter policy. If you are on company a/c commuting to work and anything goes wrong where you don't make it to work, no disciplinary action can be taken. That being said, if you miss your trip you are not pay protected for it. You will have to make it up somehow.....if you choose. As for a percentage of SDF guys who commute? Just a WAG, but I would say over 50% are commuters.
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Been at UPS a year and a half so VERY junior. Commute into the SDF MD-11 domicile. Almost exclusively ride on company airplanes out of ONT. Except for weekends, it's been a very easy commute. I'm able to hold reserve which is mostly 15 day blocks so I'm only doing it twice a month. Other fleets have less commute friendly schedules, and the ease of the commute may vary wildly depending on where you are coming from. To the OP: just curious, did you interview recently? Placed in the pool?
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Originally Posted by mrvmo View Post
Not true at all. 10 year guy (junior) here and I am a commuter. Usually 2 commutes to SDF per month. I find it a lot easier, and pleasant, to commute on company aircraft here at UPS than at any of the other 5 airlines I've worked for. We have a descent commuter policy. If you are on company a/c commuting to work and anything goes wrong where you don't make it to work, no disciplinary action can be taken. That being said, if you miss your trip you are not pay protected for it. You will have to make it up somehow.....if you choose. As for a percentage of SDF guys who commute? Just a WAG, but I would say over 50% are commuters.
As for ANC.....I commuted to ANC for 7 years with a one leg (6-7 hour) commute and was sitting at approximately 50% on my a/c up there. It wasn't horrible. 1-2 commutes per month. If you are going to be junior there I would not advise commuting to ANC. Unless you do reserve (which would be 1 commute per month), as a junior guy, you would be looking at 3-6 commutes a month to ANC as a line holder. Commuting to ANC IMO was the only bummer about being based there.
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Where are you commuting from? I live in New Jersey and have a lot of options out of Newark and Philly airports. A lot of the commuting pain depends on where you live, how many legs etc
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Any rumors on new hire classes flying around? Been gasping for air since November...
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Any rumors on new hire classes flying around? Been gasping for air since November...
No classes are planned, but they are interviewing for the pool. Someone a few weeks ago said March class, but here we are in March and no classes.
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To the OP, are you a recent interviewee or poolie? There's a handful of poolies here waiting patiently for information- it'll emerge in due time.

A guy I know went to a job fair last month and talked to the UPS recruiter. He was told they would hire between 80 and 200 in 2016 depending on certain circumstances. If the last class is run in August (to complete training by peak), that leaves five months to train a minimum of 16/month.

Any recent interviewees have any news to share?
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