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mpenguin1 · February 13th, 2003, 12:05

Doug, First off, read what I wrote: I did say at the end that what was going on at UPS is pure crap.....

DE727UPS, what you wrote that what the pilot does with his own sick leave is up to his own conscious, amen to that. But it hurts when you know the pilot outside of the company and you know what he is doing. This was prior to the ALPA days at Polar when pilots were in short supply, so you know what this meant.

1. I simply pointed out that both sides have their horror stories. There are no angels in the airline industry as we all must know by now.

2. Doug, you wrote about how you can get screwed by the airlines when being pulled out to cover a trip. I simply showed another side to the story. I watched both sides point fingers at one another and say who is hurting the company. more.

I worked at Polar Air Cargo for "4" years, Doug, how many years did you work at Polar? So the hard information that you were talking about, exist.

This is a pilot website, and I have the utmost respect for pilots, but should I be ranting & raving "Pilots are good, Management is Bad?"

I assumed we were after points of view, and perhaps a form of the truth

You wrote about how 10 pilots are not in a position to cover reroutes, people calling in sick, etc. Especially after laying off pilots. Do you have any experience in the area of crew scheduling? I have 13 years in the area of crew scheduling, crew planning, 4 years of scheduling in the Navy. So my comment was from experience. I will never comment about landings, takeoffs, steep turns, because I have no experience in that field...

February 13th, 2003, 12:05	#26
mpenguin1 Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 10,307 Blog Entries: 5	Re: UPS to lay off 100 pilots Doug, First off, read what I wrote: I did say at the end that what was going on at UPS is pure crap..... DE727UPS, what you wrote that what the pilot does with his own sick leave is up to his own conscious, amen to that. But it hurts when you know the pilot outside of the company and you know what he is doing. This was prior to the ALPA days at Polar when pilots were in short supply, so you know what this meant. 1. I simply pointed out that both sides have their horror stories. There are no angels in the airline industry as we all must know by now. 2. Doug, you wrote about how you can get screwed by the airlines when being pulled out to cover a trip. I simply showed another side to the story. I watched both sides point fingers at one another and say who is hurting the company. more. I worked at Polar Air Cargo for "4" years, Doug, how many years did you work at Polar? So the hard information that you were talking about, exist. This is a pilot website, and I have the utmost respect for pilots, but should I be ranting & raving "Pilots are good, Management is Bad?" I assumed we were after points of view, and perhaps a form of the truth You wrote about how 10 pilots are not in a position to cover reroutes, people calling in sick, etc. Especially after laying off pilots. Do you have any experience in the area of crew scheduling? I have 13 years in the area of crew scheduling, crew planning, 4 years of scheduling in the Navy. So my comment was from experience. I will never comment about landings, takeoffs, steep turns, because I have no experience in that field...