Big Beer Belly
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FWIW ... a while back one or more folks asked what a new hire might be assigned or how long it would be (after being hired) till he could hold a certain acft/domicile at UPS. The following acft/domiciles and (theater of flying) are available to the Feb '05 new hires:
727 /SDF (Domestic flying)
A300 /SDF (Domestic/Europe)
757 /SDF (Domestic incl Canada/Mexico)
757 /SDFZ (International - Europe/Pac Rim)
757 /ONT (Domestic/Pac Rim)
757 /MIA (Domestic/South America)
Like a lot of airlines, UPS operates both the 757 (75 of them) and the 767-300ER (32). It is a common rating and you will be qualified to operate both.
It is quite possible that the DC-8, 747, and MD-11 (in addition to the above) will have future first officer openings available in subsequent bids. The 8 is domestic only, the 747 is domestic and Pac Rim, and the MD-11 is primarily international.
Here's an interesting musing ... it's not at all inconceivable that several years in the future ('09) we will see new hires assigned to the right seat of an A-380 super jumbo. Since we have a single pay scale, the biggest iron is not necessarily the most senior by any means. Definitely an interesting possibility ... one day flying a couple thousand pound Lear, few months later driving a million+ pound beast to Shangai or Beijing! Where else but in America?
BBB
727 /SDF (Domestic flying)
A300 /SDF (Domestic/Europe)
757 /SDF (Domestic incl Canada/Mexico)
757 /SDFZ (International - Europe/Pac Rim)
757 /ONT (Domestic/Pac Rim)
757 /MIA (Domestic/South America)
Like a lot of airlines, UPS operates both the 757 (75 of them) and the 767-300ER (32). It is a common rating and you will be qualified to operate both.
It is quite possible that the DC-8, 747, and MD-11 (in addition to the above) will have future first officer openings available in subsequent bids. The 8 is domestic only, the 747 is domestic and Pac Rim, and the MD-11 is primarily international.
Here's an interesting musing ... it's not at all inconceivable that several years in the future ('09) we will see new hires assigned to the right seat of an A-380 super jumbo. Since we have a single pay scale, the biggest iron is not necessarily the most senior by any means. Definitely an interesting possibility ... one day flying a couple thousand pound Lear, few months later driving a million+ pound beast to Shangai or Beijing! Where else but in America?
BBB