UPS to Hire Directly to Right Seat

[767-300ER]

From the IPA today:

"The IPA and UPS have reached a Memorandum of Understanding that protects probationary S/Os. The agreement follows the Company’s release today of a vacancy bid that increases the system captain headcount by 77 positions and FO headcount by 43. This will allow up to 99 Captain transition movements and 43 FO transition movements. All existing non-probationary SOs who are eligible to upgrade will have the opportunity to be awarded a FO position with this bid.

The contract states that crewmembers in their probationary period shall not be awarded a vacancy unless the needs of the service require such an award. (Article 14.E.1.c.) Under this language, the Company intends to continue to hire at least one additional class of SOs. The hiring process will then proceed with UPS hiring directly into the right seat. In conjunction with UPS's publication of the vacancy bid, the IPA and UPS have negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding that will protect the probationary SOs who are bypassed for the FO positions.

Under the new MOU, all bypassed SOs following their probationary period will be pay protected at FO rates until the bypassed SOs have had an opportunity to be awarded an upgrade in their domicile. In addition, the MOU guarantees the bypassed senior SOs the right to displace the junior FOs hired directly off the street in the event the SOs have not had an opportunity to upgrade within 24 months of the SOs date of hire. Without the MOU, the bypassed SOs would have had no pay protection or guaranteed upgrade rights. "

 

[IAHERJ]

What is this, 1990? Airlines have been hiring into the right seat for years. It's kind of like driving past a motel that advertises color T.V.

Just kidding. UPS is a great carrier and one of the best careers left today.

IAHERJ

 

[AQ PILOT]

What are the requirements and what are competitive over there at UPS anyhoo?

 

[Pilotbob3]

What are the requirements and what are competitive over there at UPS anyhoo?

i hear you only need about 1,300 hours in a single engine jet and no airline experience.

 

[psysicx]

Are you kidding?I know Southwest has hired folks with that kind of time.

 

[hr2eternity]

Wtf

What does this mean for a dude on mil leave (me) since 2001? 5 month or so of probation completed?

 

[FreightNazi]

Unfortunately for you it means continue to enjoy doing your walkarounds in the freezing cold.

 

[Fly BI]

Well, everyone was asking "what can Brown do for you"...

There's the answer

 

[RGC]

so if i apply to UPS with no FE writ i can say...

''so you're tellin' me there's a chance?''

 

[hr2eternity]

Thanks

Unfortunately for you it means continue to enjoy doing your walkarounds in the freezing cold.

Maybe I'll just stick to dodging towl-heads with the military then. . . and have somebody else do my walkaround. Thanks for the advice oh-brightsided-one.

 

[FreightNazi]

Maybe I'll just stick to dodging towl-heads with the military then. . . and have somebody else do my walkaround. Thanks for the advice oh-brightsided-one.

I'm sure you know that you have to have 12 months on the property as an active UPS employee to be off probation, so sticking it out in the military will just prolong the time it takes to get off probation. Come on back and suck it up for the remaining 7 months of probation and then bump all those guys back a spot!

 

[klhoard]

Apply to FedEx. . . you can do your probationary year (or more these days) on Mil Leave, then come back after four years to the right seat of a wide body!!

 

[LittleLearBoy]

Ups

I'll do the walk around in the ran. I HAVE No problem with that since I did it alot of walking around in the rain when I was enlisted in the Marines! Rain in the states is a joke anyway. You have not seen rain in till you have gone to Japan for the a real rain storms. I'll do the walk around in the blowing snow too, just give me the job UPS!