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<div class="bbWrapper">What kind of call out times for those on reserve? Most lines 2 weeks out?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13806" data-quote="AV80R" data-source="post: 1267586" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1267586" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1267586">AV80R said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thanks Dog Rocket - again congrats to you! <br /> <br /> <br /> <i>&quot;or a few under 60 who are unable to complete FO training.&quot;</i><br /> <br /> <i>El Cid - You&#039;re talking about the few remaining PFEs correct?</i> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> No not at all. We do not have any PFEs under 60 as far as I know. We do have several FEs that have not been able to complete their upgrades. Does JS from Japan ring a bell?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">we do have a few PFE&#039;s that are under 60. Most of them are I would even say. Don&#039;t confuse the retreads with being PFE&#039;s. PFE&#039;s were the original flight engineer only guys paid as FO&#039;s</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 9753" data-quote="psysicx" data-source="post: 1267690" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1267690" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1267690">psysicx said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> What kind of call out times for those on reserve? Most lines 2 weeks out? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> 90-120 minutes depending on domicile. Don&#039;t know what you mean by two weeks out. All trips are not two weeks long and all reserve blocks are not two weeks long either</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Question for newhires: does anyone know if folks offered to take the assessment usually get called for an interview or any stats on passing or failing it? I have read on another board about the assessment, but it all seemed to be about when they applied, when the received the email about the assessment, when they interviewed and so on. No one has really said <br /> &quot;I took the assessment and did not get the call for an interview&quot; Just wondering what to expect next.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Just received an E mail from UPS telling me to complete my app for the possibility of an interview. Of course I&#039;m on the road, away from all the info I need to do so. Two friends in the past week have also received the same. Progress, slow but sure. How quickly from this point does UPS bring folks in for an interview they deem qualified?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Your app or the online assessment? If the latter, it might happen really fast as in within days. If it your application, make sure you fill it all out, do not save part of it for later, you might get locked out! Good luck!</span></span></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 10346" data-quote="FO 4 Life" data-source="post: 1269693" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1269693" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1269693">FO 4 Life said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> V2, what fleet you going to? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Dunno. Hard to say right now. This displacement bid should be interesting and then I&#039;ll have another hard look at the 75 vs the A300 vs the MD and take it from there. Right now I&#039;m leaning towards the A300 because of the blocks of 15 rsv days at once = commute once a month.<br /> <br /> Of course it could all be moot since the company said they would &quot;try&quot; to go with what&#039;s in our pref bids. Maybe you can get MIA eh?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Right now I&#039;m leaning towards the A300 because of the blocks of 15 rsv days at once = commute once a month.<br /> <br /> So wouldn&#039;t MD make more sense? I thought A300 had more of a week on week off schedule on reserve (and hard lines) than MD did. Maybe I got wrong info?<br /> <br /> I&#039;m leaning toward the same 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and thought MD had more schedules like that than any other fleet (exception being the 747?)</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">The SDFZ has the 15 day on 13 day off reserve schedules and 10-14 day trips so commuting isn&#039;t too bad.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">What kind of reserve blocks does the MD have? 15 on has got to be rough if you commute being gone that long. Anybody want to share how busy reserve is on the different fleets and bases?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">ONT is all 15 on/13 off. It actually makes life easier for the commute since it&#039;s once a month. Either get the big bag or plan on doing laundry. Not much flying going on over the weekend unless someone calls in sick. Probably the hardest part is deciding what to pack. Pac Rim, HNL, transcon are all players with their own weather.<br /> <br /> If you&#039;re lucky, you can preference a trip and maybe get a ticket on one end.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Good info on ONT. I&#039;v heard reserve is pretty slow. How long is it taking people to hold a line based in ONT?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 9753" data-quote="psysicx" data-source="post: 1271813" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1271813" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1271813">psysicx said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> What kind of reserve blocks does the MD have? 15 on has got to be rough if you commute being gone that long. Anybody want to share how busy reserve is on the different fleets and bases? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> <br /> This is always a moving target but reserve does seem to go mostly junior on the MD, The MD sdf currently offers mostly 15 day blocks with some midnight to noon week on week off reserve.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">FO and Av8r, I&#039;ll give everything another good hard look after these bids close. ONT sounds awesome, except that my airport car is in SDF and I don&#039;t trust it to make it all the way to Cali.<br /> <br /> And as for the MD, I figure I&#039;ll spend plenty of my career in that plane anyway, so why not get a chance to sample some others since we won&#039;t be seat locked anyway. Of course training cycles are always fun.... <br /> <br /> I have a feeling that regardless what I have in the bid pref, they&#039;ll put us probies in either the MD or Z or out in ONT. Guess we&#039;ll see after the displacement bid closes.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><i><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">FO and Av8r, I&#039;ll give everything another good hard look after these bids close. ONT sounds awesome…</span></span></i><br /> <br /> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Repeat after me: ONT-DFW-PHX-LAS (HOTEL) LAS-PHX-DFW-PHX-LAS (HOTEL) LAS-PHX-DFW-PHX-LAS (HOTEL) … Kidding, not that bad but as a new guy you’ll see that sequence A LOT <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><i>And as for the MD, I figure I&#039;ll spend plenty of my career in that plane anyway…</i></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Why will you spend all that time in the MD? - Only if you bid it; unless displaced to it and then you can always bid off of it once you get of your probation. </span></span><br /> <br /> <i><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I have a feeling that regardless what I have in the bid pref, they&#039;ll put us probies in either the MD or Z or out in ONT. Guess we&#039;ll see after the displacement bid closes.</span></span></i><br /> <br /> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">MD yes, Z yes but I would be very surprised if anyone gets displaced to ONT unless it’s their choice #1. Even though ONT is short on crews there are some ~150 captains for ~120 FOs so they can always use captains to fly in the right seat. I heard MD and Z are short on FOs and CAs.</span></span></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 9753" data-quote="psysicx" data-source="post: 1272625" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1272625" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1272625">psysicx said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Can you pick trips on reserve? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> You can preference trips (bid) on reserve the day prior that fall in your reserve time. Based on seniority, consolidation, how many reserves will be left in base. Not sure what else.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><i>Based on seniority, consolidation, how many reserves will be left in base. Not sure what else.</i><br /> Also based on which scheduler you&#039;re talking to... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Any news about another class in March after the one on the 8th?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 9753" data-quote="psysicx" data-source="post: 1272001" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1272001" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1272001">psysicx said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Good info on ONT. I&#039;v heard reserve is pretty slow. How long is it taking people to hold a line based in ONT? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Junior line holder went to 11/01/06 hire. It&#039;s a crapshoot depending on how many senior people bid reserve. Compared to the bottom lines, reserve maybe better.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13694" data-quote="Waborita" data-source="post: 1272979" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1272979" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1272979">Waborita said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Any news about another class in March after the one on the 8th? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> <br /> From UPS HR: <div style="margin-left: 20px">We have hired 26 in February, 31 in March. <br /> <br /> Our pilot application window is currently closed. As soon as it is<br /> opened again we will communicate that via our Pilot Hiring Hotline 1-800-241-2357.<br /> <br /> Aircraft Orders: We will receive (10) MD-11&#039;s in 2007, we will receive (10) new Boeing 747-400&#039;s in the next 18 months, and we just announced an order for an additional (27) B-767&#039;s to be entered in to service beginning in 2009.<br /> <br /> We are actively recruiting for positions as Ground Training Instructors, Aircraft Performance Engineering, MD-11 Ground Training, and Flight Simulator Engineering. All these positions are posted on <a href="http://www.upsjobs.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><span style="color: #22229c">www.upsjobs.com</span></a> under the &quot;professional&quot; job category. <br /> <br /> We have 3/8, 3/22, and 4/4 class dates planned. They are all planned for MD-11 Anchorage, MD-11 SDF, B-757 SDF, ONT, and Z.&#8203;</div></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">How long is it taking to get a line on the MD out of SDF? Is there usually open trips?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22861" data-quote="Jetlaggy" data-source="post: 1273917" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1273917" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1273917">Jetlaggy said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> From UPS HR:<div style="margin-left: 20px">We have hired 26 in February, 31 in March.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">Our pilot application window is currently closed. As soon as it is&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">opened again we will communicate that via our Pilot Hiring Hotline 1-800-241-2357.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">Aircraft Orders: We will receive (10) MD-11&#039;s in 2007, we will receive (10) new Boeing 747-400&#039;s in the next 18 months, and we just announced an order for an additional (27) B-767&#039;s to be entered in to service beginning in 2009.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">We are actively recruiting for positions as Ground Training Instructors, Aircraft Performance Engineering, MD-11 Ground Training, and Flight Simulator Engineering. All these positions are posted on <a href="http://www.upsjobs.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><span style="color: #22229c">www.upsjobs.com</span></a> under the &quot;professional&quot; job category.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">We have 3/8, 3/22, and 4/4 class dates planned. They are all planned for MD-11 Anchorage, MD-11 SDF, B-757 SDF, ONT, and Z.&#8203;</div> <br /> <br /> Does this statement about 26 hired in FEB and 31 in MAR mean those added to the hiring pool or people who will actually sit in class? Especially since it is only the first week of MAR???? Thanks for the info Jetlagggy! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13694" data-quote="Waborita" data-source="post: 1274617" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1274617" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1274617">Waborita said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 22861" data-quote="Jetlaggy" data-source="post: 1273917" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1273917" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1273917">Jetlaggy said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Does this statement about 26 hired in FEB and 31 in MAR mean those added to the hiring pool or people who will actually sit in class? Especially since it is only the first week of MAR???? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> <br /> I would guess people who will actually sit in class </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13694" data-quote="Waborita" data-source="post: 1274617" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1274617" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1274617">Waborita said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 22861" data-quote="Jetlaggy" data-source="post: 1273917" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1273917" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1273917">Jetlaggy said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> From UPS HR:<div style="margin-left: 20px">We have hired 26 in February, 31 in March.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">Our pilot application window is currently closed. As soon as it is&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">opened again we will communicate that via our Pilot Hiring Hotline 1-800-241-2357.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">Aircraft Orders: We will receive (10) MD-11&#039;s in 2007, we will receive (10) new Boeing 747-400&#039;s in the next 18 months, and we just announced an order for an additional (27) B-767&#039;s to be entered in to service beginning in 2009.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">We are actively recruiting for positions as Ground Training Instructors, Aircraft Performance Engineering, MD-11 Ground Training, and Flight Simulator Engineering. All these positions are posted on <a href="http://www.upsjobs.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><span style="color: #22229c">www.upsjobs.com</span></a> under the &quot;professional&quot; job category.&#8203;</div><div style="margin-left: 20px">We have 3/8, 3/22, and 4/4 class dates planned. They are all planned for MD-11 Anchorage, MD-11 SDF, B-757 SDF, ONT, and Z.&#8203;</div>Does this statement about 26 hired in FEB and 31 in MAR mean those added to the hiring pool or people who will actually sit in class? Especially since it is only the first week of MAR???? Thanks for the info Jetlagggy! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> People in class...15 started today and another 16 later this month. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote></div>
 

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