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Originally Posted by PapaWood
HAHA we have definately been known to have a good time  . If your brother flies for UPS, he must be one hell of a pilot. UPS and Fedex are some of the toughest and highest paying jobs to get in aviation. |
It was definitely a career move for him...he started out after college working for FineAir out of MIA, then got scared because of the huge crash they had due to load shift in like '99. He was the last person on the ground to talk to that pilot and crew as he was just coming back from his trip. Really messed him up for a bit. From there he went to Delta. He got the shot at UPS because one of his old buddies from FineAir ended up at UPS as a captain and happened to dead head on one of his delta flights so they just caught up during and after that flight and he used that along with his former chief pilot for American reference and his skills to land the job. He's young for them too, he's only 35. Not too common for UPS to hire at that age but he had prior industry experience and great references so it worked out for him. He took a significant pay cut to go there but in the long run it will definitely be the better move