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If Pilots strike and drivers go too, Are the UPS Stores expected to as well?
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<blockquote data-quote="maxwell" data-source="post: 54001"><p>I want to address some misinformation on this forum about UPS pilots and their negotiations with the company. First of all, a UPS pilot doesn't work "40 hours a month." They are actually paid for 80 hours a month but must work almost 4 times that many hours to be paid for it. In other words. they get 1 hour of pay for every 3 hours and 45 minutes of work or time away from base. With the current staffing level, that means that most UPS pilots are going to be away from home 1/2 of their life. Secondly, UPS pilots are NOT the highest paid in the industry. FedEx and Airborne, as examples, both have higher pay scales than UPS does. UPS does, however, have the highest paid truck drivers and aircraft mechanics in the United States. The pilots are NOT asking to be the highest paid, only to recieve an equitable compensation and retirement package. The important issues are scheduling and scope. Scheduling work-rules are critical for safety and long-term health. You feeder-drivers know that as well as anyone. Pilots are forced to retire at age 60. All the money in the world will not make any difference if your health is shot by the time you retire due to flip-flopping schedules and 30 years of sleep deprivation. Scope deals with protecting jobs. Is this a legitimate issue for a labor-group to try and control? I suggest that it is to some degree. I want UPS to be profitable and competitive, but not at the expense of it's most valuable resource, people. As a UPS pilot, I cannot compete with a Chinese pilot on wages alone. Just as you can't compete with Mexican, Indian, or Chinese workers on the basis of wages alone. I believe we have something to offer that is worth more than the sum of our payrole, and which foreign subcontracted workers will never provide. Loyalty, innovation, self-motivation, pride, productivity, intelligence. UPS pilots are not asking for "pie-in-the-sky". We are asking for what is fair compensation and schedules in our industry. One last thing. UPS pilots cannot be replaced overnight as some have suggested. Even though a 757 pilot at Delta can fly a 757 at UPS, the FAA requires that each crewmember at a new carrier go through an intensive training program regardless of previous experience. This would take several months to accomplish at best. Billions of dollars would be lost. UPS pilots are asking for the same support we have given to the mechanics and drivers. As I recall, we never questioned your contract issues or compensation amounts. We only want what is fair and to see UPS be the BEST, worldwide, kicking everyone elses butt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maxwell, post: 54001"] I want to address some misinformation on this forum about UPS pilots and their negotiations with the company. First of all, a UPS pilot doesn't work "40 hours a month." They are actually paid for 80 hours a month but must work almost 4 times that many hours to be paid for it. In other words. they get 1 hour of pay for every 3 hours and 45 minutes of work or time away from base. With the current staffing level, that means that most UPS pilots are going to be away from home 1/2 of their life. Secondly, UPS pilots are NOT the highest paid in the industry. FedEx and Airborne, as examples, both have higher pay scales than UPS does. UPS does, however, have the highest paid truck drivers and aircraft mechanics in the United States. The pilots are NOT asking to be the highest paid, only to recieve an equitable compensation and retirement package. The important issues are scheduling and scope. Scheduling work-rules are critical for safety and long-term health. You feeder-drivers know that as well as anyone. Pilots are forced to retire at age 60. All the money in the world will not make any difference if your health is shot by the time you retire due to flip-flopping schedules and 30 years of sleep deprivation. Scope deals with protecting jobs. Is this a legitimate issue for a labor-group to try and control? I suggest that it is to some degree. I want UPS to be profitable and competitive, but not at the expense of it's most valuable resource, people. As a UPS pilot, I cannot compete with a Chinese pilot on wages alone. Just as you can't compete with Mexican, Indian, or Chinese workers on the basis of wages alone. I believe we have something to offer that is worth more than the sum of our payrole, and which foreign subcontracted workers will never provide. Loyalty, innovation, self-motivation, pride, productivity, intelligence. UPS pilots are not asking for "pie-in-the-sky". We are asking for what is fair compensation and schedules in our industry. One last thing. UPS pilots cannot be replaced overnight as some have suggested. Even though a 757 pilot at Delta can fly a 757 at UPS, the FAA requires that each crewmember at a new carrier go through an intensive training program regardless of previous experience. This would take several months to accomplish at best. Billions of dollars would be lost. UPS pilots are asking for the same support we have given to the mechanics and drivers. As I recall, we never questioned your contract issues or compensation amounts. We only want what is fair and to see UPS be the BEST, worldwide, kicking everyone elses butt. [/QUOTE]
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