Part-time Air Package Driver Questions

[akchick]

Hello all, and thanks in advance for your assistance!

I have applied for a part-time "Air Package Driver" position and received a call to see if I am truly interested.

Could you tell me exactly what this position does?

And, from what I can gather, part-timers do not receive medical benefits until 1 year in. What about retirement? Is that offered at all?

Also, if I drove a manual in my 20s, will I be able to drive a UPS truck? (I'm 46).

Thanks much, I had a hard time finding answers to these specific questions via search!

Erica

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You deliver premium service packages that the FT drivers cannot get to on time.

Benefits after 1 year.

Pension vested after 5.

You will learn how to use the DIAD and gain area knowledge, which will be useful if you decide to drive FT.

Good luck.

 

[akchick]

Thanks so much grandpa

Would you know approximately what the schedule would be?

 

[Analbumcover]

Thanks so much grandpa

Would you know approximately what the schedule would be?

Depends. I sometimes run EAMs (next day early AM airs) and I'm pulled off the preload early, usually around 7:30am. By the time deliveries are done it's usually around 10am but this depends largely on the regional commit times for premium service packages as well as how your center operates.

For example, they might have you deliver premium packages to the areas with the earliest commit times first, then drive out to deliver to the suburbs or country that has later commit times, say 10 or 10:30 am.

 

[silenze]

They also have pm air drivers that work after 5pm making drop box pickups etc.

 

[Delivery!!!]

If you stick around and that is you in your avatar, you should get a new avatar, for privacy/identity reasons.

 

[badpal]

So if I understand your post correct, your not a part time employee at the current time? As far as your schedule unless your in a big center, that would be hard to guess.

 

[akchick]

Thanks all, no I'm not with UPS now. I'm in Juneau, Alaska.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Thanks all, no I'm not with UPS now. I'm in Juneau, Alaska.

I'm fairly certain UPS has a facility (or two) in Juneau.

 

[badpal]

Well Juneau Alaska sounds like a place that might get a lot of late airs.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

I'm fairly certain UPS has a facility (or two) in Juneau.

How Juneau about that?

 

[akchick]

Hi again all,

I was reading about the education assistance program. Can it be used for any program of one's choosing, (for example, medical billing) or is the intent only to climb the UPS "ladder"?

Thanks!

 

[silenze]

Hi again all,

I was reading about the education assistance program. Can it be used for any program of one's choosing, (for example, medical billing) or is the intent only to climb the UPS "ladder"?

Thanks!

Any class from an accredited higher learning institution.

 

[luckster]

You deliver premium service packages that the FT drivers cannot get to on time.

Benefits after 1 year.

Pension vested after 5.

You will learn how to use the DIAD and gain area knowledge, which will be useful if you decide to drive FT.

Good luck.

I make my 1 year in January. Will I have seniority to bid for ground delivery driver over pre loader who has more seniority ? Or the pre loader would have more seniority bc of # of years with company ?

 

[Turdferguson]

I make my 1 year in January. Will I have seniority to bid for ground delivery driver over pre loader who has more seniority ? Or the pre loader would have more seniority bc of # of years with company ?

Whoever has more company seniority would get the bid

 

[Wally]

Thanks all, no I'm not with UPS now. I'm in Juneau, Alaska.

What do you mean, you know?
How would we know where you are?

 

[budlight]

Obviously an Alaska 8

 

[Wally]

Obviously an Alaska 8

 

[budlight]

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[Wally]

You like those hairy Alaska gals?