flyguy23

Wouldn’t surprise me. Those are some old birds and I keep hearing reliability is becoming a bigger and bigger issue.

Hellafo

good! The Pratts are a POS, it’s a loud and uncomfortable airplane to work in vs the pax variant.

FTv3

Could see them replacing the MD and 75s for a single airframe, something around the 75 size. Would give them S, ML, and XL sizes. Not a bad spread….

UPSFO4LIFE

The Pratt 75’s have been on the chopping block now for about 15 years. Not going anywhere anytime soon.

seminolepilot

What was the class drop for Jan 9th? I haven’t seen anything on the TV in the ASC about it. Maybe all the other news overshadowed the new class.

flyguy37

6 Airbus
3 756 Ont

the train has slowed

mrvmo

Any no shows?

C2078

Rumor is many, like 20+. But no one except hiring will ever know this.

Recliner

I'm surprised anyone showed with the displacement bid looming. It's going to be interesting to see if the year one and less attrition rate picks up?

MD11Simnerd

That is a little dramatic. The classes they are having now are to clean up for the vacancy bid in December. Without UPS saying anything, they have telegraphed their intentions that hiring was going to take a break with that bid. They further cemented their communication with the Realignment/Displacement bid. We are going to take a break from any real hiring until the economy turns around and they figure out whether it is more beneficial to keep or park half of the MDs. Open time is much lower than in the past, JA calls are low to non-existent. Look at the block hours in the reports section on the IPA website, the data is there. Many that were thinking of retiring early are taking a pause after looking at their 401K/B in the current environment. Mandatory retirements don't pick up for a bit. 2014 to present has been an amazing wave compared to most of my 22+ years here. The sky isn't falling, no furloughs or anything like that. But welcome to the UPS that many of us are used to.