All air routes getting eliminated?

[Commercial Inside Release]

@Bubblehead kudos for the explanation... I could tell air drivers were an endangered species ten years ago.

Pushing start time back another 15 minutes next week in hopes air will be on us more often.

Unfortunately, in the late winter \ early spring the weather doesn't give a crap how far back Carol moves the start time.


RIP air group
Good luck finding another part time gig, that measures up.
Maybe a small business, where you force your employees into an insurance group that qualifies you for lower rates.

 

[Babagounj]

I heard that UPS management is looking to eliminate all air driver positions in the Boston area. Has anybody else from other regions seen or heard anything similar? Not sure how feasible this would be.

From 1987 to 1999, I was classified as an Exception Air Driver at WatMa.
Mgt used me to make sure Internationals were covered on Sats.
When Sat Air began, because volume was so light , I just shuttled to the load between Logan back to the centers.
As volume picked up, I finally got some routes. Mostly I was just a cover driver on Sats.
Saturdays has always been a great introduction for drivers to learn to go full time.
As one of my Sat Sup always said - " go out and get lost " , it was the quickest way to learn a route.

If someone had an issue while on route, I was asked to fix it.
Two drivers stand out; One always took the bus to work and he only knew his way back to the building by following his buses.
Second driver didn't make his first stop until 90 minutes after leaving the building.
He was under the idea that he had to drive thru Boston to get to Medford.
Medford is two towns over from the building, I showed him how to get to Medford in less than 15 minutes.

 

[UPSER1987]

lol at air drivers. That easy gig has come to an end. I agree with another poster, that writing was on the wall years ago. The day has finally come.

 

[PT Car Washer]

lol at air drivers. That easy gig has come to an end. I agree with another poster, that writing was on the wall years ago. The day has finally come.

My building still have a few PT PM air drivers but their hours have been reduced to the minimum. Still use about 6 PT air drivers for EAMs and a few for 10:30 and 12:00 NDA. Don't see AM air drivers being reduced as it would increase the delivery drivers planned days.

 

[BrownSnowFlake]

Brah you’re not listening nobody cares about service commitments

this guy gets it

How often do people even call and ask for a refund bc their package showed up at 10:31? The company dropped all guarantees during COVID and idk if they ever brought them back.

 

[PT Car Washer]

this guy gets it

How often do people even call and ask for a refund bc their package showed up at 10:31? The company dropped all guarantees during COVID and idk if they ever brought them back.

NDA commit times started up again after Peak.

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

Don't see AM air drivers being reduced as it would increase the delivery drivers planned days.

Don't count on it PT!
Your center may be an exception, but come Mother's Day the commitment times will be cancelled, and combined with the existing layoffs; a poor quarterly report; and a slow economy -- the air drivers might finally be toast.

Only a bunch of drivers taking end of school year vacations, and bad weather breaking lots of farm equipment, can maybe save you.

Might be a summer of discontent.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Don't count on it PT!
Your center may be an exception, but come Mother's Day the commitment times will be cancelled, and combined with the existing layoffs; a poor quarterly report; and a slow economy -- the air drivers might finally be toast.

Only a bunch of drivers taking end of school year vacations, and bad weather breaking lots of farm equipment, can maybe save you.

Might be a summer of discontent.

Why would commit times be cancelled? An already booming economy will expand even more with construction season starting soon.

 

[Jkloc420]

Thanks Joe biden

 

[KearsargeCoop]

Why would commit times be cancelled? An already booming economy will expand even more with construction season starting soon.

Ultimate troll

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

An already booming economy

 

[anonymous23456]

Why would commit times be cancelled? An already booming economy will expand even more with construction season starting soon.

Booming where? In Biden's brain? Booming plague that is causing "insane in the membrane" per some rap song I heard years ago.

 

[BSWALKS]

Booming where? In Biden's brain? Booming plague that is causing "insane in the membrane" per some rap song I heard years ago.

He's delusional

 

[PT Car Washer]

Booming where? In Biden's brain? Booming plague that is causing "insane in the membrane" per some rap song I heard years ago.

Stock Market at record highs, unemployment at record lows, wages going up and inflation going down. Thank you President Biden. Four more years.

 

[tramtwo]

In my area, full-time drivers would not get a 10-hour reset in order to be at the airport early enough to process shuttle volume and handle EAMs. We have five full-time AM air drivers and one full-time PM air driver.

Edit: Overall air volume is down substantially however. 10:30 commits don't seem to be taken as serious as they once were but EAMs are always taken seriously. I think the division manager's phone rings when one of those are late.

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

From 2022 on, UPS has been pricing themselves out of the 1DA market.
$120-150 for a small parcel under 5lbs

 

[catstalking]

Why would commit times be cancelled? An already booming economy will expand even more with construction season starting soon.

bro your job is being cancelled out from under you and you think things are "booming"

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

Sommun gon' be cashin' doz checks, he be hidin' in hees sock drawer.

 

[Jkloc420]

Cit

 

[Jkloc420]

Why would commit times be cancelled? An already booming economy will expand even more with construction season starting soon.

Lol booming