OK I get your feelings for AMTs at UPS, upssocks. It is a shame you can't read long posts, but with the way that every post is dissected, I want to be very specific about what I post. And there is so much......Again the ignorance of the poster comes to mind when you make such statements as, "mechanics were part of the fat that needs to be trimmed". Unknown to you, and probably foreign to your business model, there is a minimum requirement for numbers of mechanics per aircraft. Since UPS saw fit to retire certain aircraft (after sinking untold numbers of dollars in upgrades in them $$$$), mechanics were laid off. UPS is already rehiring mechanics to cover staffing at gateways. Iwish you were at the planning meetings when UPS decided to put cockpit upgrades in the DC-8s, you could have told the pilot's union rep that he was whiny and part of the fat that needs to be trimmed. Oh well, that money is gone now with the aircraft.
I am glad you commented about the law to be truthful, you have no idea that the Feds will revoke your license to work on aircraft, if you are caught in a lie. So yes, it is against the law to lie. Is that hard to understand, or do you want me to give specifics?
So keep on dodging the facts. No comment on the contract process? No comment on the upcoming co-incidence of expired contracts? No comment on the ignorance of non-airline and non-union posters who relate the same tired old threats for those who dare to ask for a fair contract? No comment on the demonization of the very people so necessary to the continued functioning of the UPS airline (and let's face it, overseas airline delivery is where the profits are).
Typical Airliner, think you know everything. Mechanics were part of the fat. Now the fat is gone. Their is nothing else to say. Pay your union dues and let it go. UPS is hiring many people right now and come January, waive goodbye. I understand that we have to have so many mechanics per aircraft, and we are within the guidelines. I would like to see them outsource some of the mechanic jobs, that's just my opinion. You are also confused with the terms revenue and profit.. Look them up, and describe both... Submit your answer by tomorrow. *see definition for "cost of goods sold" * In our case the cost of goods would be the cost of labor.