Article Title: UPS plans to hire 300 pilots to support Postal Service contract
Article Snip: The hiring number provided by the union covers the number of pilots UPS is likely to hire over the next year or so. A source familiar with pilot scheduling and staffing said UPS has to phase in new pilots because there isn’t enough capacity to train a full cohort at once.
Postal flights are primarily operated during the daytime, opposite the express overnight network.
The Postal Service has prioritized moving mail by ground as much as possible over the past three years, resulting in a $500 million reduction in revenues for FedEx during that time.
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Article Title: UPS Plans to Hire 90,000-95,000 Seasonal Workers
Article Snip: UPS recently announced it was using a $500 million capital outlay to address demands on network capacity, include initiatives to increase sort capacity by 5% and up the delivery capacity by 10%. Plans also call for use of a mobile distribution center than can be transported across the country by rail, as well as modular additions that can add bays to existing facilities to handle increased demand during peak periods.
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