UPS to hire

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UPS Announces Plans to Hire New Pilots



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Citing volume growth, UPS Airlines announced Oct. 12 it plans to hire
at least 100 new pilots.
For a message from Capt. Rick Barr, Flight District manager, click the
video link in the right column.

A Q&A section on the announcement follows:

Q. What are we announcing?
A. UPS Airlines is planning to hire at least 100 pilots through 2005.
This represents the first pilots UPS has hired in three years.

Q. When will we start hiring?
A. To allow for appropriate training, the process of hiring the
additional crewmembers will begin immediately. In general, it takes
approximately four to five months to properly train pilots to be
cockpit-ready, and we forecast a need for more crewmembers in the near
future.

Q. Why are we now deciding to hire pilots?
A. UPS continuously evaluates staffing levels to meet the needs of its
business. Hiring pilots is driven by several business factors including
attrition, aircraft acquisitions and anticipated international growth.

Q. Just last year UPS announced plans to furlough pilots. Now we want
to hire more?
A. Yes. Last years decision to consider pilot furloughs came at a
time when the stagnant U.S. economy had cut into the domestic air express
business for more than a year. While eventually deciding against furloughs,
UPS maintained prudent cost containment initiatives during this period and
now is well-positioned to take advantage of the economic recovery.

Q. Have current contract negotiations with the IPA influenced the plan
to hire pilots?
A. No. The plan to hire pilots is not related to negotiations. This
decision was made after months of careful analysis and is based on business
needs that make crew staffing adjustments necessary.

Q. How does the decision to hire pilots affect negotiations with the
IPA?
A. This decision is unrelated to our negotiations. For our employees,
however, we think the news will be enthusiastically received, particularly
given the current environment in the airline industry.

Q. The IPA has long argued that UPS has been understaffed when it
comes to pilots. Is UPS finally realizing what the IPA has said all along?
A. We believe our prior staffing levels have been appropriate. UPS
manages its business professionally, responsibly and safely. After thorough
analysis, we believe now is the time to begin hiring more pilots. We have
experienced recent growth trends, we are acquiring more aircraft, and we
have seen some attrition in our pilot ranks.

Q. Will UPS be hiring workers in other areas, too?
A. This announcement covers only pilots. We continuously examine our
staffing needs in light of the demands of our business and we adjust levels
accordingly. If our analysis projects a need for more employees in other
areas, we will address that in the future.

Q. Does this decision affect UPS fleet strategy?
A. Were constantly evaluating our route structure and fleet mix to
run the most efficient network possible. Hiring additional pilots now is
necessary to efficiently operate our ever-evolving aircraft fleet and route
structure.

Q. Is the Menlo acquisition partly responsible for this?
A. No. The acquisition of Menlo Worldwide Forwarding will be completed
during the fourth quarter of 2004. The integration planning is in its early
stages and many of the specific operational plans only now are being
examined. It is much too early to discuss any potential hiring needs related
to the acquisition.

Q. Is UPS hiring more pilots in anticipation of being granted
additional flights to China?
A. UPS constantly evaluates staffing levels to meet the needs of its
business. Although the United States and China have agreed to significantly
expand aviation rights, the U.S. Department of Transportation has not
permanently awarded those rights to UPS.

Q. Does this mean UPS will be increasing orders for existing aircraft,
or perhaps taking on the A380?
A. Our current aircraft orders remain unchanged.
 
This is exciting - by working for a carrier like UPS will it increase my chances to fly airliners for a major airline??
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Well....I'm just putting in my time until I can work for one of the commercial airlines. Now that would be da bomb....
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So when do you think UPS will start up a wholly-owned carrier flying cargoed-out RJs just to introduce a Z-scale for pilots in the cargo sector?
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And how many thousands of resumes does UPS expect for those 100 jobs??? I hope their HR dept is ready for the onslaught....
 
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And how many thousands of resumes does UPS expect for those 100 jobs??? I hope their HR dept is ready for the onslaught....

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Will they even be advertising for resumes. If I remember all hirees ned to come with the recommendation of a current pilot at UPS. Even if that is nto the case, I would bet they could get enough resumes walked in from their current pilots, that they do not even need to advertise for resumes.
 
Hey Don,

Is there a place online that lists the pilot minimums?
Do you guys have an ANC base?
How long does one have to sit sideways (FE/plumber/coffee maker)?
 
There mins are basically just like every other major with posted mins. Nobody is hired with just the mins though. There is no ANC pilot base (SDF, MIA, ONT are the only official pilot bases)however, you can live anywhere you want. Upgrade times vary and can be anywhere from 1-5 yrs depending on things we have no control over such as economy and future hiring trends.

I'm sure those 100 new hires will come from a pool of people who have been swimming for many years in the brown water.
 
I sat sideways for three years but that's cause I didn't mind it and liked being senior.

These days, the S/O's are mostly over 60 ex-Capts, so you might not have to sit sideways at all. Whenever we do get a contract, though, I'd guess a lot of those guys would retire.
 
Hmmm... so no pilots off the street this round?

Where do the crews that fly through ANC usually come from?
 
I seriously doubt any street hires this round or possibly next. I personally know someone who has been swimming in the pool for 4 years.

If you're an RJ Capt I'm sure you meet the mins and are probably close to, or have passed, the competitive mins. 1000 hrs PIC turbine on aircraft over 20,000lbs plus LOR's from an employee is a must.

If it were up to me, I grab every RJ/jungle jet pilot I could find. They could easily transition to the B75/76/A300 or MD11 with their glass experience.
 
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Where do the crews that fly through ANC usually come from?

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Usually ONT or SDF(Z) based crews transition ANC. "Z" crews are domestic/international crews. Most trips begin in SDF and transition ANC before going to the PACRIM and back. There is a flight that goes ONT-ANC-ONT and I think we have a flight out of EWR to ANC.

There's been talk of a ANC domicile for years. I suspect that it'll either happen or UPS will buy up some A380's, A340-600's or 744's and bypass ANC all together.
 
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So when do you think UPS will start up a wholly-owned carrier flying cargoed-out RJs just to introduce a Z-scale for pilots in the cargo sector?
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An interesting piece of trivia for you if you're not already aware of it - the Challenger 600 which is the granddaddy of the CRJ was originally designed to be a cargo aircraft. Fedex was HEAVILY involved in the design process to the point of demanding the aircraft be developed with the Lycoming engines. They ended up canceling the initial order they had placed. That's why the first 23 Challengers have upward opening "cargo" doors and the cabin is so wide.

The 600 was an ok corporate airplane - they put on the GE engines on it and a few other things to make the 601 which in turn became the 604 which in turn became the CRJ. The CRJ is just a big stretched Challenger....there are of course some minor differences but not many.

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I'm sure those 100 new hires will come from a pool of people who have been swimming for many years in the brown water.

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I'm glad you said that, I was just about to ask. My mom has been in the pool sence Sept. of '01, UPS would be a good place for her to work until a real airline hires her
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J/K of course.
 
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What aircraft will these new-hires most likely be assigned to?

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So....
 
I'm gonna say F/E on the DC8....that's almost like flying a DC3.

We won't know for sure until a bid comes out and there are vacancies posted.
 
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