The pilots at UPS seem to be the only ones that are taken care of at UPS. I am sure they dont want to take on management for someone else's sake. At least for the subcontractors/pliots it is just a temporary job on the way up. To hear the UPS drivers tell it, they are the ones getting abused.
Schedules that does not allow them to take lunches even though they are off the clock for an hour each day.
Forced to work O.T. without a choice.
.....and the drivers have a union, the UPS driver said "thank god for the union" this morning.
At least UPS is conscientious of overtime when it comes to meeting the planes in the morning, so what if the pilot has to wait 30+ minutes for the driver to show.
The truck/van drivers at ups and fredex that are not contractors are employees. In many cases they are better off then many feeder pilots who are not employees. Ups pilots have no reason to become involved in the problems of their feeder partners knowing you could be replaced at anytime. Most aviation companies I have been involve with love their ground employees and hated their pilots, go figure.