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<blockquote data-quote="UncleYunqi" data-source="post: 4961182" data-attributes="member: 92447">Thanks for the response. From what I&#039;ve read, some CCA&#039;s convert to &quot;career&quot; employees sooner, but generally a person works 2 years as a non-career CCA. Pursuant to the NALC Union contract, CCA&#039;s become PTF&#039;s after 2 years. The PTF is considered a &quot;career&quot; position in which you are then eligible for the TSP, Federal health benefits, and accrue time towards a pension. However, the PTF still is required to work Sundays and doesn&#039;t have a set schedule. But, because of seniority, they get 40 hours a week.As you mentioned, conversion depends on the station situation. Where I work, the oldest regular carrier is about 58. He has told me that he may retire in 3 years, but since this station is all mounted routes (no walking house to house), he will probably extend his retirement. Behind him are a few 55 year old&#039;s. The rest of the crew are 30 - 40. There is 1 CCA ahead of me. I just began in June.Before I applied, I read on another forum about CCA&#039;s working 50+ hours a week etc... I assumed that would apply to me, but I was wrong. People I went to the training class with are working 50+ hours a week. As mentioned in my original post, I am a rare CCA.Anything could happen, but the odds of me becoming a Regular Carrier here sooner rather than later appear slim. That could be different in another station. I agree that in the long run, working for the USPS is probably the better choice between USPS and FedEx. UPS would be better if I was younger. I&#039;m 52. I thought I&#039;d put in 15 years and then retire. There probably aren&#039;t that many 67 year old&#039;s working for any of the 3. But, as you said, I could become a Supervisor for USPS or even FedEx and make it to 67.Thinking about that - are there many older couriers working for FedEx? What is the usual retirement age? Does FedEx &quot;force&quot; older people out?Thank you for mentioning the advertised hours not happening. Personally, I&#039;ve seen FedEx trucks around after 5pm, but never after 7pm. I did talk with a FedEx Courier the other day and he mentioned that one of the duties may be driving the packages to the airport. The airport is about and hour away. So, there is the possibility that after the 7pm drivers clock out, the 8:30pm person drives the packages to the airport and clocks out upon return to our town. Finally, you mentioned the Box Truck. I&#039;ve seen them around. I assumed you need a special drivers license for that. All I have is a Regular license. I&#039;m sure I could drive the van, but the box truck would definitely require training.Thanks for the information.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UncleYunqi, post: 4961182, member: 92447"] Thanks for the response. From what I've read, some CCA's convert to "career" employees sooner, but generally a person works 2 years as a non-career CCA. Pursuant to the NALC Union contract, CCA's become PTF's after 2 years. The PTF is considered a "career" position in which you are then eligible for the TSP, Federal health benefits, and accrue time towards a pension. However, the PTF still is required to work Sundays and doesn't have a set schedule. But, because of seniority, they get 40 hours a week. As you mentioned, conversion depends on the station situation. Where I work, the oldest regular carrier is about 58. He has told me that he may retire in 3 years, but since this station is all mounted routes (no walking house to house), he will probably extend his retirement. Behind him are a few 55 year old's. The rest of the crew are 30 - 40. There is 1 CCA ahead of me. I just began in June. Before I applied, I read on another forum about CCA's working 50+ hours a week etc... I assumed that would apply to me, but I was wrong. People I went to the training class with are working 50+ hours a week. As mentioned in my original post, I am a rare CCA. Anything could happen, but the odds of me becoming a Regular Carrier here sooner rather than later appear slim. That could be different in another station. I agree that in the long run, working for the USPS is probably the better choice between USPS and FedEx. UPS would be better if I was younger. I'm 52. I thought I'd put in 15 years and then retire. There probably aren't that many 67 year old's working for any of the 3. But, as you said, I could become a Supervisor for USPS or even FedEx and make it to 67. Thinking about that - are there many older couriers working for FedEx? What is the usual retirement age? Does FedEx "force" older people out? Thank you for mentioning the advertised hours not happening. Personally, I've seen FedEx trucks around after 5pm, but never after 7pm. I did talk with a FedEx Courier the other day and he mentioned that one of the duties may be driving the packages to the airport. The airport is about and hour away. So, there is the possibility that after the 7pm drivers clock out, the 8:30pm person drives the packages to the airport and clocks out upon return to our town. Finally, you mentioned the Box Truck. I've seen them around. I assumed you need a special drivers license for that. All I have is a Regular license. I'm sure I could drive the van, but the box truck would definitely require training. Thanks for the information. [/QUOTE]

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