UPS Hiring

[lagunaflyer]

LittleLearBoy have you attempted to contact anyone at UPS? I know in the welcome letter they say not to contact them but curious if you have spoken with anyone in HR recently........14 months you got me nervous!!!

Good luck and way to stay patient!

 

[Don Q]

Hey Fellows!

Ho

 

[Don Q]

Hey Fellows!

How long from t

 

[Don Q]

Hey Fellows!

How long from the time you applied to the time you got called for an interview?
I have flown with two UPS Pilots, with letters of recommendation. One is a 10yr F/O and the other is a 12yr Capt.
I used to work for UPS (Accounting) when I was back in college (part-time). I have talked to two managers, which are the Miami Gateway Accounting , and the Caribbean/Central/South America Accounting manger, respectively. I'll be visting one of them within a couple of weeks. I have talked to them to get a letter of recommendation, but I'm unsure if they have written one.

Any advice will greatly appreciated.

PS. Sorry for the two previous erronous posts, I'm still trying to figure out how to use this post.

 

[RJDC]

You're as good as hired!

 

[lagunaflyer]

Hey Don Q sounds like you have many connections there which seems to be what they really look for. My only two cents is if you do not hear anything by May you might want to consider going to an Air Inc. job fair, I believe the next one is in Atlanta and I am almost positive UPS will be there since it's there HQ.

 

[1800 RVR]

Hey RJDC, take your useless flaimbait elsewhere. It is quite droll.

Don Q and everyone else,

Understand that we haven't run any classes of considerable size yet this year. No one knows why there haven't been more and bigger classes. Only the planners probably know why. I do believe, though, the floodgates WILL open in the near future. All signs point to this happening. UPS just likes to take their time.

As for your letters Don Q, I think you are in the right area. I only had one letter, and it was from an employee that is not in the Air Region but works with people from there. Try to get your internal recs. to be proactive. You need to do something to really stand out or to get your app to the top of the pile. Things are EXTREMELY competitive right now. As hiring ramps up, things will probably ease somewhat. All of this, is of course, conjecture and the opinions of just one person. I could be totally wrong.

Good luck to you, and to all of you poolies, keep hanging in there.

 

[L'il J.Seinfeld]

Mgt recs, even when they are from outside the airline, are much better than line pilot recs. UPS wants employees not just pilots. We are very different than FedEx in hiring practices.

 

[RJDC]

I heard that the reason UPS is not hiring is that they are going to go ahead and screw the IPA on the Menlo flying issue. Since they are going to keep it contracted out there is no need to hire many.

 

[flx757]

RJDC is The Guat, Rhoid, Guppy Killer, TheGuppyKiller, Freight Nazi, TheMissingLink, 410Dude, OUT, IHaveAPension, and multiple other previously banned user names.

A UPS "employee", in fact.

 

[RJDC]

I don't work there. Wish I did.

 

[kidflo]

Welcome to the pool. I do have Mr. B. beat by one month. 14 months and stop counting. Not proud of it, but still holding on. One class was set for April 3rd with 6 guys. No new news on anything else.

Splash, splash in the old UPS pool.
LLB

LLB - What is really great is when your FE Written expires because you have been in the pool too long and you call HR to ask them if you need to update it, and they tell you YES and not only that, how about coming in and re-interviewing and re-flying the simulator. That's when that brown pool you've been swimming in starts to smell like a brown pool.

I hope it doesn't happen to you like it did to a BUNCH of poolies.

Best of luck.

 

[LittleLearBoy]

Kidflo,

I remember that happening to many poolies. I hope the same about it not happening to me. As for the FE written. As long as you are current part 121 if does not expire. So as I was told by UPS (and others).

Thanks for the luck, I need it.
LLB

 

[AV80R]

“…As for the FE written. As long as you are current part 121 if does not expire. So as I was told by UPS (and others). ..LLB”

LLB, you are correct as far as the FAA is concerned. However, when I read UPS website it states that you must “Hold a current flight engineer written or current flight engineer certificate.”

So the way I understand it, you must have an FE certificate OR a current (2-years) FE written.

Am I wrong thinking that? In other words, the website does not mention the part 121 exemption. So what is considered current? To be on the safe side wouldn't be best to just retake it?

http://ups.softshoe.com/cgi-bin/job-show?J_PINDEX=J451243VD&TEMPLATE=/htdocs/job-show.html

Good luck to you btw, hope you and your fellow poolies will be able to dry off very soon!!!

Sincerely, av80r

 

[1800 RVR]

FE Written

When I interviewed, I made sure that my written was curent within 2 yrs. I didn't want to leave anything to chance. If you are in the pool, I would think that you are ok to let it go past the two years. In my class, some of the writtens were past the 2 yr limit, and as you approached your type oral, all you had to do was go to the local FSDO and get your results recertified. Not a big deal for those guys - all of 15 min out of their day.

For the interview hopefuls, I would make sure mine is current. That is just my opinion. Just another box to check. My $0.02.

 

[RogerOver]

...If you are in the pool, I would think that you are ok to let it go past the two years...

This is true. My results were "expired" when I originally interviewed in '01. I had the same test results when I reinterviewed in '04.

...For the interview hopefuls, I would make sure mine is current. That is just my opinion. Just another box to check. My $0.02.

I agree. Though I didn't renew my results, it's probably a good idea to have a fresh written if for nothing more than to show that you're motivated and on top of things. But as far as technicalities are concerned, if you have expired results and have been in continuous 121 employment since you took the exam, the FSDO will waiver the results (as they did mine).

FYI...I was told the FSDO would need to see my logbooks in order to verify continuous 121 employment. Just to be safe, I called HR at my previous company and asked them to write a letter on company letterhead verifying my employment. I went to the FSDO with a buddy who was doing the same...he only had his logbooks...no letter. In the end, the FED gave my buddy a hard time saying that logbooks are not adequate proof of continuous employment. They accepted my letter and never even looked at my logbooks.

RO

 

[LucyFurr]

What's the deal with UPS hiring so few people? I thought they were poised to explode growthwise just after the contract is settled and will have lots of over 60 guys retiring too.

 

[flx757]

What's the deal with UPS hiring so few people? I thought they were poised to explode growthwise just after the contract is settled and will have lots of over 60 guys retiring too.

You should have the answer to that question, Rhoid....I mean IHaveAPension, or RJDC, or FreightNazi...or.....

 

[AV80R]

“…If you are in the pool, I would think that you are ok to let it go past the two years…1800RVR”
“…For the interview hopefuls, I would make sure mine is current…1800RVR”

”…Though I didn't renew my results, it's probably a good idea to have a fresh written if for nothing more than to show that you're motivated and on top of things…RogerOver”
”…They accepted my letter and never even looked at my logbooks…RogerOver”

- It makes more sense now, thanks 1800RVR and RogerOver (good idea with the “121 employment” letter)
av80r

 

[LucyFurr]

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