FromOffTheStreets
Well-Known Member
Your right & things are different in different areas. Just speculation on the future....You guys are over analyzing things here... there are many areas that are working drivers 11 and 12 hours a day including in feeder where it is MANDATORY 12 hours....
In my area just over half (about 20) of the seniority chart started before 1995. I don't know the system wide #'s but I'm sure ups knows where they stand with people coming into retirement & who they've got in the "farm system."
There just aren't that many people out there that want to question their existence on a daily basis in a bricked out truck no matter how much they get paid or how great the benefits are.
Lightening the load & getting people (22.4, more peak routes) in the truck more quickly makes the job more attractive. When they feel like they've restocked they're shelves & are ready for the coming retirements they will bulk the routes back up & cut routes.