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| How does a pilot get a job flying a ups plane?This is a discussion on How does a pilot get a job flying a ups plane? within the UPS Discussions forums, part of the Brown Cafe UPS Forum category; Does ups post these internally?
Do they have post em on workopolis or what?
Just wondering.
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08-02-2008, 12:55 PM
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Does ups post these internally?
Do they have post em on workopolis or what?
Just wondering.
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08-02-2008, 01:17 PM
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They don't post on a UPS Freight Forum, thats for sure. I would think there is a career link at www.ups.com | |
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08-02-2008, 05:02 PM
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#3 | | Shankman
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i believe they go to upsjobs.com i think the airline still does its hiring off of that......if fly wide body air craft expect to be domiciled in ANC for awhile... | 
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08-02-2008, 05:32 PM
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It's like any job at UPS. Start as a part time package handler. When a pilot position in your building opens up it goes to the highest seniority person who wants the job. | |
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08-02-2008, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by brownrodster  It's like any job at UPS. Start as a part time package handler. When a pilot position in your building opens up it goes to the highest seniority person who wants the job. | LMAO | |
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08-02-2008, 08:09 PM
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#6 | | Anonymous | Re: How does a pilot get a job flying a ups plane?
Also, check out the pilot's union website: http://www.ipapilot.org | |
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08-04-2008, 04:07 AM
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Hours, hours, hours.
Start with upsjobs.com. You'll probably find the most listed in the Louisville, KY area. | |
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09-05-2008, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by brownrodster It's like any job at UPS. Start as a part time package handler. When a pilot position in your building opens up it goes to the highest seniority person who wants the job. | I'm filing a grievance! They must have hid the bid list in my building! | |
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09-05-2008, 06:39 PM
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Our air is flown in and out by a contract airline.
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09-05-2008, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by brownrodster It's like any job at UPS. Start as a part time package handler. When a pilot position in your building opens up it goes to the highest seniority person who wants the job. | Is there also a week of training before you can fly planes? | |
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09-06-2008, 06:16 AM
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While on the picket line in '97, we had several pilots join us. One had started as a package handler at MANNH.
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09-06-2008, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by over9five While on the picket line in '97, we had several pilots join us. One had started as a package handler at MANNH. | We had one come by too. He stayed about an hour. | |
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09-06-2008, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by scratch We had one come by too. He stayed about an hour. |
Yeah, but they looked real nice in their pretty uniforms for that hour!!!!
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09-06-2008, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by brownrodster It's like any job at UPS. Start as a part time package handler. When a pilot position in your building opens up it goes to the highest seniority person who wants the job. | You have to learn to pile it before you can pilot. | |
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09-06-2008, 07:08 PM
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About 3 weeks ago I took the guys that work on my air belt to our air hub for them to get an inside look of what goes own in a nightly basis there. A field trip if you will, I spoke with one of the three pilots leaving that night before they left about his job. Very interesting what he had to say about it the others pilots acted as if they were to good to speak with little owl me. He did say he started as a pkg handler and had already started getting flight hours before starting at UPS. I enjoyed seeing what happens and it was good for the guys to see the bigger picture of what they have a part in every night.
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09-07-2008, 05:37 AM
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OK, first, you have to get just a ***** load of coffee & donuts.......
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09-07-2008, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by But Benefits Are Great! OK, first, you have to get just a ***** load of coffee & donuts....... | ...and then walk up to everyone wearing a suit and say, "I am going to be the best pilot in the history of UPS and in the shortest time ever!"
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09-07-2008, 09:31 AM
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Flying experience might help and filling out a job application wont hurt either. Its like the guy that wants to win the lotto but wont buy a ticket, you wont find the winning ticket on the sidewalk.
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09-07-2008, 09:48 AM
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There is a UPS pilot that lives on one of the routes I used to cover. Sounds like most UPS pilots moved here from other airlines. The work rules/schedules are also very, very different.
If I understood things, there are only 3 hubs in the US (for bid purposes) and very few bid "regular routes." Bid packages are posted every 6 weeks (I think, I am going off the memory of a discussion 2ish years ago) for 2 week schedules.
If you read through the contract, you will see some language regarding riding jumpseats. That is for pilots and other crew to get to their "work starting terminal." Pilots do not typically fly from one airport to another and back.
Someone has to predict our air volume, in advance, in order to dispatch the proper number of planes and crew. That volume changes weekly/seasonally.
I thought it was incredibly interesting. I also learned that at peak, I am spending more time with my family, than a pilot does the rest of the year.
Hotel living SUCKS. The pilot life is not for me.
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09-07-2008, 09:53 AM
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We had a very good looking young gal who worked part time evenings. First she decided she wanted to learn to fly so off to the local airport she went and got all the pilot ratings they offered. Then she decided she wanted to fly for UPS so off she went to the big city. She got a job at a regional airlines while she was working her way up the ladder. The last I heard she was flying big shots and rock stars around the world in private jets. I can't imagine her wanting to haul cardboard anymore.  | |
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09-07-2008, 01:50 PM
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One of the top 5 seniority pilots lives on my former delivery route (thank goodness for feeders). He started with Orion airlines-they flew UPS packages before UPS airlines was formed. Basically, he was at the right place at the right time. UPS didn't want to spend a lot to form their own airline from the ground up, so Orion was bought out. Now, he has top choice which routes to fly. Warmer climates in winter, cooler routes in the summer.
As mentioned, Hours, Hours, and Hours in multi-engined, turbine aircraft-not piston powered Cessna 172. 4 year college degree, and Military service a plus. UPS has a quota each year how many pilots are needed. Each qualified candidate is put into a hiring pool. Basically, a lottery drawing.
If fate drew me a wining card, I would rather be flying a G-5, Global Express, or Falcon 7X around the world-than an Airbus or Boeing full of packages. http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/7x/ | |
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09-08-2008, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer ...and then walk up to everyone wearing a suit and say, "I am going to be the best pilot in the history of UPS and in the shortest time ever!" | Wasn't that another thread??? Ha Ha Ha good one, upstate! | |
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09-08-2008, 05:25 PM
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