Big Brown - The Untold Story of UPS

[Non Union]

I just read 'Big Brown - The Untold Story of UPS" by Greg Niemann.

Looks like that company is going to be the airline to be at in years to come. Not really sure what can stop UPS and/or FedEx now.

I don't see the legacy airlines ever coming close to these two again in terms of pay, quality of life and security.

Who would have thought, huh?

I know a guy that left CAL and another guy leaving UAL for UPS soon. I think they are smart.

 

[L'il J.Seinfeld]

I did UPS as my project for my MBA. That's what convinced me to apply.

Communist CHina whacking Taiwan is a scary scenario for me. Aside from that UAV cargo tops my list of fears.

 

[Whistlin' Dan]

Looks like [UPS] is going to be the airline to be at in years to come. Not really sure what can stop UPS and/or FedEx now.

I can think of half-a-dozen things, and I'm just a dumb pilot. I would think that a guy with an MBA could come up with a lot more.

I don't see the legacy airlines ever coming close to these two again in terms of pay, quality of life and security.

That's what the legacy airlines were saying about cargo 10 years ago. In fact, if you had told most "Major Airline" pilots that Southwest would one day head the list of desireable flying jobs, they would have laughed you right out of the Sky Lounge.

Don't feel bad. I'm sure that if you had told the head of NASA that one day, one of his astronauts would drive 900 miles in a diaper to kill a romantic rival, he would have laughed, too.

I know a guy that left CAL and another guy leaving UAL for UPS soon. I think they are smart.

I hope things work out well for your friends. I once met a guy who left FedEx in the 70's to go to Frontier. Less than ten years later, he was on the street, while his buddies at FedEx were moving up to the DC-10. He was, and is, a "smart guy," and his decision to leave was probably a good one, based on the information that was available to him at that time.

 

[speedbird1974]

based on the information that was available to him at that time.

 

[optimater]

I just read 'Big Brown - The Untold Story of UPS" by Greg Niemann.

Looks like that company is going to be the airline to be at in years to come. Not really sure what can stop UPS and/or FedEx now.

I don't see the legacy airlines ever coming close to these two again in terms of pay, quality of life and security.

Who would have thought, huh?

I know a guy that left CAL and another guy leaving UAL for UPS soon. I think they are smart.

flamebait

 

[pilotyip]

UPS FedEx may survive, but will flying the airplanes be still part of thier success? RPV's are now flown in Iraq from consoles in California. We can see the future in int'l cargo. Operators at consoles in MEM and SDF 8 hour shifts, running thier RPV's around the world. Year 2042.

 

[learflyer]

Don't feel bad. I'm sure that if you had told the head of NASA that one day, one of his astronauts would drive 900 miles in a diaper to kill a romantic rival, he would have laughed, too.


Didn't the chick ever think she had to stop for gas anyway? What's with the diapers?

 

[codeone]

UPS FedEx may survive, but will flying the airplanes be still part of thier success? RPV's are now flown in Iraq from consoles in California. We can see the future in int'l cargo. Operators at consoles in MEM and SDF 8 hour shifts, running thier RPV's around the world. Year 2042.

This is a danger to all pilots, not just cargo pilots.

 

[DrProc]

This is a danger to all pilots, not just cargo pilots.

Thankfully we have the FAA on our side for this one. It'll take decades of red tape for UAV's to be certified for pax or cargo.

 

[Airbum]

Whistlen Dan, man do your words hold some truth.