UPS Pilots: 1400 apply for 100 open positions!

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I can see if/why a Pinnacle Captain made the jump to UPS.

But *TWO* America West pilots ???? Esp. one a captain at the age 39 ?

Well, anyway, I feel good for those 100 who did get in!

A300Capt, did you walk in a resume/put in a word for any of the 100 pilots? I only ask cause I wanted to know [roughly]what percentage of those 100 pilots had an internal UPS pilot recommendation.


http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2004/12/10/D1-ups10-6518.html
 
Re: UPS Pilots: 1200 apply for 100 open positions!

if i remember correctly America West has the lowest paid major airline pilots in the US.
 
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I'm not sure if that means much anymore after all the paycuts.

US Airways Airbus/737 $125/hr.

Spirit $123 / hour

Jetblue A320 $ 139/ hour

Independance A319 $132/hour


As you can see, I think AWA is on par along the LCC. F/O pay is more or less the same for the carriers above. BTW, I included US Airways in there to show the pay cut comparison.

I dunno. But what I can say for sure is that if I was at AWA, esp as a Capt. at 39 years of age, I sure would NOT jump ship, unless of course the carrier went under.
 
Re: UPS Pilots: 1200 apply for 100 open positions

also with US Airways consider that the last person to get captain was hired in Feb of 1986
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I dunno. But what I can say for sure is that if I was at AWA, esp as a Capt. at 39 years of age, I sure would NOT jump ship, unless of course the carrier went under.

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You don't know his personal situation so you don't need to understand why because there could be many variables

-Domicile
-Family
-Pay in the long run
-UPS is a better company
-Different aircraft
-He wanted something new/different
-etc
 
I don't know where they got that 1400 figure. UPS told us they would interview applicants who had an LOR from a current UPS pilot first. Maybe 1400 LOR's were submitted and that's where that figure came from. I heard there were something in the neighborhood of 14,000 resumes on file.

I did submit a referral on a ex USAir friend but he hasn't heard anything yet.
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I imagine someone would leave another carrier based on long term stability and growth potential.
 
I recommended a friend who's a check airman on the RJ at Mesa just last week.

For bonus points. Who can name the cockpit in the photo at the link to the news story?
 
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I recommended a friend who's a check airman on the RJ at Mesa just last week.

For bonus points. Who can name the cockpit in the photo at the link to the news story?

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A 727?
 
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I recommended a friend who's a check airman on the RJ at Mesa just last week.

For bonus points. Who can name the cockpit in the photo at the link to the news story?

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I say 747-100 or SP??
 
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For bonus points. Who can name the cockpit in the photo at the link to the news story?


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ooh!..ooh!....um, Diesel 8?!?
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Re: UPS Pilots: 1200 apply for 100 open positions

"Riad Chehab of Boca Raton, Fla., had a steady job and high seniority with Pinnacle Airlines, based in Memphis, Tenn."

I gotta find this person.
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My first thought was 727..then i changed it to diesel 8 right before i read A300Capt's post. Go me..
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I knew the guy at our airline that just went brown...theres a few others the are swimming amongst the long brown floaties too....and I'd certainly love to be.
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Back to christmas decorations...
 
There were probably a lot more, but probably only about 1400 of perhaps the 10,000 who applied fit the minimum qualifications.

Get the degree folks, else you won't even be on the radar screen.
 
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