Qualifying for a FT driver position has been left in the hands of your supervisors/managers with little if any contract language to enforce any irregularities or "unfairness" during your qualifying period. The longer UPS can put off qualifying FT package care drivers......the longer they can run routes themselves claiming emergency situations or simply hire seasonal lower cost drivers. The metrics seem to change daily and can be done with a few strokes of a keyboard. Spend a lot of time with your supervisor asking how you can improve, never complain, never take a break, ask seasoned drivers in your center, and document....document...document any irregularities in your day that you are asked to do that takes significant time such as picking up an off area UPS store, etc..
In summary.....very unfortunate that our Union contract book does not contain more complete and thorough information on qualifying especially considering the Union is not supposed to recognize time standards.