UPS hiring? Not so much...

[Falconjet]

UPS

UPS corporate headquarters are in Atlanta. The primary hub is in Louisville.

 

[RogerMOSA]

UPS mins

Anybody know the real story concering UPS' minimums? UPS folks at AIR Inc put out 2000 ME/PIC. Last published was "TT Determined by experience. COMM, INST, FCC Radio Permit, FE/w, ATP, 4yr college and FAA Class I."

 

[BIGBROWNDC8]

UPS Corp HQ is in ATL... UPS largest Pilot domicile/Airline Hq is in SDF... Nothing happens anywhere in the world of UPS unless it goes through ATL first. That is why everyone from SDF says no highering, ATL has told them no new pilots... Tommorrow, ATL could call and say hire 250... Stay tuned...

Last I knew, and this was pre-9/11, 2000 ME/FW/PIC/Turb (Helo time will count if you have atleast 1000 PIC ME/FW/PIC/Turb to go with it) Total time usually around 4000-6000. People in my class had all different times and backgrounds. Strickly Military guys, depending on what they flew, times could be less.

The best advice I could ever give anyone for getting a job at UPS is this. Flight time and type ratings are second to a really good LOR. Not just any LOR, but a LOR from a management person. UPS invests everything it has and takes everything it can from its managers, and the best way to assure an interview is to get a management person LOR (not necessarilly a Management pilot, just any manager)... LOR's from line pilots go a long way, and believe me, every effort should be made to get line pilots LOR's, but managers carry the most weight in the managers eyes. In the end, the managers are the ones making the ultimate decision of who gets hired. Id like to see more imput from the pilot group in the decisions of who gets hired here, but for now, its up "them"

Then aqgain, Im just a line dawg, I could be way off...

 

[de727ups]

General Lee

The way I understand it, open time bans are illegal. It seems silly, and I agree with you, but the union can't tell you to NOT pick up open time (I think you call it green slipping). During our last situation like this, when UPS wanted to furlough, we simply had the union come out and say that guys are encouraged to enjoy thier time off. That's it. Some guys couldn't care less and flew their butts off but for the most part, people made the choice to enjoy thier time off and made the personal decision not to do any extra flying. In the end....there were no furloughs and no challenge from the company to the unions recommendation.