UPS Pilot Strike! What will you do with the extra time off?
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Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Much better.
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Lineandinitial
Legio patria nostra
- 2002–2003 : Operation Licorne in Ivory Coast
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Lineandinitial
Legio patria nostra
Votre français est mauvais. Je ne suis pas Canadien!
rod
Retired 23 years
You had mentioned that you used to post under another name. You wouldn't happen to be that ex hotdog salesman from Canada we all loved by the name of Klein would you?
Coldworld
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Some of the mgt here are so arrogant....
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
2 cases. Ethiopian Airlines and Japan Airlines
I highly recommend it. It's a blast just renting a plane and flying somewhere for fun. I like to take my fiancee out to lunch and fly back home. It's not cheap, but it is a blast.
FedEx is still flying DC-10s. It doesn't really matter in our realm. Daily aircraft utilization is pretty low. And the MD-11 is a great freighter.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
I could have eventually made it to that point, and honestly the door isn't closed on it. But now I'm making money to where I can pay off loans in less than a decade rather than finishing up when my kids are going off to college.
Flying in snow isn't that scary, the landings can make you a little nervous, but as long as you have your anti ice on it isn't that bad. Same goes for fog. Just follow your instruments. The only thing that is nerve wracking is if thunderstorms are in the forecast. Those suckers are scary. I won't go within 30 miles of a Thunderstorm because they're so unpredictable.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
Sure, most of the guys in my graduating class are instructors, and I hold CFI and CFII certificates. But that's still 18 bucks an hour, and you're only getting paid when the prop is spinning. 4 flights a day x1.5 hours only gets you 486 a week before taxes. Still PT Sup money. And the hours actually aren't all that different than FT ORS. Just less stressful at certain times (sometimes it feels like your student is trying to kill you).
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
With the drones, airlines don't take pilots with unmanned experience. They want actual seat time. Not computer flying.
Luke Thighrocker
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A risky endeavor considering, your pension check will direct deposit whether, you do or don't.
FrigidFTSup
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Foamer Pyle
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The one day strike was fun over the weight increase from 70lb to 150. This company in my opinion is really treating its employees like crap. I guess they believe that because they pay us $34 an hour they can harass us, use intimidation, and force us to work ridiculous hours as often as needed. I am tired of being reminded how much I earn, as a means to justify how we are treated.
NonDeliverOtherMissed
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So what does the strike mean for the rest of us? They will find other pilots to fly the planes until the UPS pilots settle an agreement?
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Little Brownie Girl
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I only lost one CFI to a heart attack.....another quit and the 3rd one went to be a bush pilot in Alaska cause it was safer.......... besides spin training makes you appreciate being close to God at $35 an hour.....wet
Holydriver
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Drone pilots are also basically all prior fighter pilots. And they're all in the air force as majors or Lt colonels. The goverent considers drone pilot above manned flight actually
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