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<blockquote data-quote="air_dr" data-source="post: 928139" data-attributes="member: 29929"><p>Hondo has given you excellent advice above and I speak as one who is an air driver. I only question, though not necessarily disagree with the value of moving to preload. I would need more information on the particular situation in your hub to make that call. I would encourage you to look into it more carefully.</p><p></p><p>As far as learning stick, what I did was first get some practice driving various package cars around the UPS yard on Saturdays. The supervisor of the Sat operation at the time was most gracious in giving me this opportunity because he did not have to. Once I became confident enough of my skill driving around the yard, I rented a 26 foot U-Haul truck that had a stick early one Saturday. Parentetically, FYI, there is a difference in the type of driver's license required to drive certain vehicles for hire commercially versus for private use. the regular license I already had was all I needed to be able to rent the U-Haul for myself, whereas if I was driving that very same vehicle or even one far smaller for UPS, then the upgraded license is required. Initially, I soulght to avoid traffic in the U-Haul, then as my skill and confidence further improved, I went onto busy streets and even an expway. I had the truck for 48 hours, I believe, and it cost me $300 between the basic rental charge and miles I put in. I passed the road test for the upgraded license in a UPS truck with a UPS supervisor administering it on the first try. The money I put into that rental truck has been one of the best investments I have made in my life. That is my story.</p><p></p><p>Now I have a question for you: Your user name suggests you are from the Empire State. There were a number of threads right about a year ago discussing the lay off of air drivers in NYC, and basically the elimination of air routes, so I find you being encouraged to sign up for air driving most interesting... Has anything changed in the company strategy, or what is going on, does anyone know? I ask this question with great interest because I believe UPS copies successful innovations in other parts of the system, so that may have implications for my future as an air driver.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="air_dr, post: 928139, member: 29929"] Hondo has given you excellent advice above and I speak as one who is an air driver. I only question, though not necessarily disagree with the value of moving to preload. I would need more information on the particular situation in your hub to make that call. I would encourage you to look into it more carefully. As far as learning stick, what I did was first get some practice driving various package cars around the UPS yard on Saturdays. The supervisor of the Sat operation at the time was most gracious in giving me this opportunity because he did not have to. Once I became confident enough of my skill driving around the yard, I rented a 26 foot U-Haul truck that had a stick early one Saturday. Parentetically, FYI, there is a difference in the type of driver's license required to drive certain vehicles for hire commercially versus for private use. the regular license I already had was all I needed to be able to rent the U-Haul for myself, whereas if I was driving that very same vehicle or even one far smaller for UPS, then the upgraded license is required. Initially, I soulght to avoid traffic in the U-Haul, then as my skill and confidence further improved, I went onto busy streets and even an expway. I had the truck for 48 hours, I believe, and it cost me $300 between the basic rental charge and miles I put in. I passed the road test for the upgraded license in a UPS truck with a UPS supervisor administering it on the first try. The money I put into that rental truck has been one of the best investments I have made in my life. That is my story. Now I have a question for you: Your user name suggests you are from the Empire State. There were a number of threads right about a year ago discussing the lay off of air drivers in NYC, and basically the elimination of air routes, so I find you being encouraged to sign up for air driving most interesting... Has anything changed in the company strategy, or what is going on, does anyone know? I ask this question with great interest because I believe UPS copies successful innovations in other parts of the system, so that may have implications for my future as an air driver. [/QUOTE]
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