UPS Ground School Instructor
01-27-2017, 12:32 PM
#12
Banned
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Position: Future DC-8 capt
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Sure why not! Even PFEs who didn't have 1 hour of time as a pilot became line captains here. Anything is possible with UPS.
Hell even truck drivers almost made it to the cockpit until the FAA told UPS to go get their heads checked. Never underestimate the power of a redneck mind.
Hell even truck drivers almost made it to the cockpit until the FAA told UPS to go get their heads checked. Never underestimate the power of a redneck mind.
01-28-2017, 07:05 AM
#14
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2011
Position: 757/767 Captain
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Originally Posted by whalesurfer
You got it all backwards. The top leadership here are all yankee hoodlums.
When David Abney got a part-time job for United Parcel Service (UPS) so he could afford to take his childhood sweetheart out on dates, little did he know that he would go on to become the giant company's boss.
It was in 1974 when a then 19-year-old Mr Abney first started working for the world's largest parcel delivery firm.
A business student at Delta State University in Mississippi, at night he would work at the local UPS depot, loading packages onto vans. By day he would sleep between lectures on a sofa in the student lounge.
He was tired, but he had money to take his girlfriend out for a meal.
After graduating in 1976, while many of his friends applied for more typical graduate jobs, Mr Abney decided to go full-time with his low level UPS job.
He says he had become fascinated with how the US business worked, how through teamwork it could deliver parcels on time across the States and around the world.
Soon promoted to a UPS driver, and then a supervisor, over the next 40 years he continued to move up through the business, until, in 2014, he was appointed chief executive.
Mr Abney, a born and bred Mississippian, puts his success down to his deep Southern roots, willingness to work hard, and pride in the company. Others also cite his desire to learn about every single part of the business.
01-28-2017, 09:26 AM
#15
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Position: Future DC-8 capt
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Originally Posted by CargoDriver
Not quite.
When David Abney got a part-time job for United Parcel Service (UPS) so he could afford to take his childhood sweetheart out on dates, little did he know that he would go on to become the giant company's boss.
It was in 1974 when a then 19-year-old Mr Abney first started working for the world's largest parcel delivery firm.
A business student at Delta State University in Mississippi, at night he would work at the local UPS depot, loading packages onto vans. By day he would sleep between lectures on a sofa in the student lounge.
He was tired, but he had money to take his girlfriend out for a meal.
After graduating in 1976, while many of his friends applied for more typical graduate jobs, Mr Abney decided to go full-time with his low level UPS job.
He says he had become fascinated with how the US business worked, how through teamwork it could deliver parcels on time across the States and around the world.
Soon promoted to a UPS driver, and then a supervisor, over the next 40 years he continued to move up through the business, until, in 2014, he was appointed chief executive.
Mr Abney, a born and bred Mississippian, puts his success down to his deep Southern roots, willingness to work hard, and pride in the company. Others also cite his desire to learn about every single part of the business.
When David Abney got a part-time job for United Parcel Service (UPS) so he could afford to take his childhood sweetheart out on dates, little did he know that he would go on to become the giant company's boss.
It was in 1974 when a then 19-year-old Mr Abney first started working for the world's largest parcel delivery firm.
A business student at Delta State University in Mississippi, at night he would work at the local UPS depot, loading packages onto vans. By day he would sleep between lectures on a sofa in the student lounge.
He was tired, but he had money to take his girlfriend out for a meal.
After graduating in 1976, while many of his friends applied for more typical graduate jobs, Mr Abney decided to go full-time with his low level UPS job.
He says he had become fascinated with how the US business worked, how through teamwork it could deliver parcels on time across the States and around the world.
Soon promoted to a UPS driver, and then a supervisor, over the next 40 years he continued to move up through the business, until, in 2014, he was appointed chief executive.
Mr Abney, a born and bred Mississippian, puts his success down to his deep Southern roots, willingness to work hard, and pride in the company. Others also cite his desire to learn about every single part of the business.
01-28-2017, 03:31 PM
#16
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: Doggie
Posts: 2,382
Originally Posted by Aubieflyer
Did anyone happen to learn what the compensation is for this position?
02-10-2019, 09:16 AM
#18
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Joined APC: Jul 2018
Position: 777 Left Seat
Posts: 14
Thread resurrection:
Has there been any improvement to the QOL of a schoolhouse instructor position at UPS? Would a lateral move from a (non-flying/65+) K4 instructor to UPS be a wise move?
Any idea of compensation? Hours? Benefits?
Thanks!
Has there been any improvement to the QOL of a schoolhouse instructor position at UPS? Would a lateral move from a (non-flying/65+) K4 instructor to UPS be a wise move?
Any idea of compensation? Hours? Benefits?
Thanks!
02-10-2019, 03:30 PM
#19
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Joined APC: Dec 2005
Position: Leftof longitudinal
Posts: 1,899
Originally Posted by Sevenfourcapt
Thread resurrection:
Has there been any improvement to the QOL of a schoolhouse instructor position at UPS? Would a lateral move from a (non-flying/65+) K4 instructor to UPS be a wise move?
Any idea of compensation? Hours? Benefits?
Thanks!
Has there been any improvement to the QOL of a schoolhouse instructor position at UPS? Would a lateral move from a (non-flying/65+) K4 instructor to UPS be a wise move?
Any idea of compensation? Hours? Benefits?
Thanks!
To be a simulator instructor, You must either be a non union management Flight Qualified Supervisor or a line qualified union pilot. At 65+, those options not available. You could be eligible for a non simulator instructor position and teach non motion events in a simulator or virtual trainer. However, this year, UPS has significantly migrated to Distance Based Learning and our recurrent training with a non simulator instructor is zero. The annual recurrent training that used to require non union non simulator ground or system instructors that used to teach General Subjects is now done via distance based learning like many companies. Personally, preferred their insight and interaction with other crews for best learning, but that's now obsolete.
Don't know pay, but guessing far short of 6 figures. Benefits have constantly been eroded, but if 65+ that may not matter if only looking for paycheck. Would have to live ANC or SDF. Guessing work 5 days a week. Teach primarily upgrade, transition, and initial general subjects and fleet systems until much of that outsourced to DBL in future.
Good journeys.
02-12-2019, 12:06 PM
#20
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Joined APC: Jul 2018
Position: 777 Left Seat
Posts: 14
Originally Posted by SaltyDog
Don't know your current circumstance so cant suggest lateral better or not. Guessing not, but... a difficult road ahead if not a flying simulator instructor.
To be a simulator instructor, You must either be a non union management Flight Qualified Supervisor or a line qualified union pilot. At 65+, those options not available. You could be eligible for a non simulator instructor position and teach non motion events in a simulator or virtual trainer. However, this year, UPS has significantly migrated to Distance Based Learning and our recurrent training with a non simulator instructor is zero. The annual recurrent training that used to require non union non simulator ground or system instructors that used to teach General Subjects is now done via distance based learning like many companies. Personally, preferred their insight and interaction with other crews for best learning, but that's now obsolete.
Don't know pay, but guessing far short of 6 figures. Benefits have constantly been eroded, but if 65+ that may not matter if only looking for paycheck. Would have to live ANC or SDF. Guessing work 5 days a week. Teach primarily upgrade, transition, and initial general subjects and fleet systems until much of that outsourced to DBL in future.
Good journeys.
To be a simulator instructor, You must either be a non union management Flight Qualified Supervisor or a line qualified union pilot. At 65+, those options not available. You could be eligible for a non simulator instructor position and teach non motion events in a simulator or virtual trainer. However, this year, UPS has significantly migrated to Distance Based Learning and our recurrent training with a non simulator instructor is zero. The annual recurrent training that used to require non union non simulator ground or system instructors that used to teach General Subjects is now done via distance based learning like many companies. Personally, preferred their insight and interaction with other crews for best learning, but that's now obsolete.
Don't know pay, but guessing far short of 6 figures. Benefits have constantly been eroded, but if 65+ that may not matter if only looking for paycheck. Would have to live ANC or SDF. Guessing work 5 days a week. Teach primarily upgrade, transition, and initial general subjects and fleet systems until much of that outsourced to DBL in future.
Good journeys.
Any idea what the "Total Rewards Package" is for a new hire there? How about the "UPS Flexible Benefits Plan"? Can those be found online without being an employee?
Thanks for the help
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