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Pilots Association. The IPA is the collective bargaining unit for the more than 2,800 professional pilots who fly the 206 heavy jet UPS fleet. IPA pilots fly more than 1,890 UPS flights every day to multiple points over five continents. In addition to being the world’s largest transportation company, UPS is also the world's ninth largest airline.
Latest Updates:UPS PILOTS UNION (INDEPENDENT PILOTS ASSOCIATION) VOLUNTEER TO FLY HAITIAN RELIEF WITHOUT PAYLOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 14, 2010 – Given the unprecedented tragedy in the wake of the Haitian earthquake the Independent Pilots Association – UPS pilots union – is supporting the relief effort by establishing an electronic volunteer database for its members. “This is not the first time our members have stepped-up and volunteered their services to move aid to a disaster area,” said Capt. Robert Thrush, President of the IPA; “back in 2005 more than 500 IPA crewmembers volunteered to staff flights into Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana to help alleviate the suffering from hurricane Katrina.” The Independent Pilots Association is the collective bargaining unit that represents the 2,800 professional pilots who fly UPS's large jet fleet.
SOURCE: Independent Pilots Association UPS, PILOTS REACH AGREEMENT TO AVOID FURLOUGHSLOUISVILLE, June 8, 2009 -- UPS (NYSE:UPS) and its pilots union, the Independent Pilots Association, today announced an innovative agreement that averts the immediate furlough of 300 UPS pilots. Earlier this year, following UPS’s review of volume reductions and a stated need to furlough pilots, IPA’s leadership offered to identify ways to cut operational costs. UPS and the IPA subsequently agreed on cost-cutting targets totaling $131 million over the next three years. Using a variety of voluntary steps, the IPA to date has identified savings totaling approximately $90 million dollars, pending final calculations. Although the full three year goal was not reached by last week’s original June 2 deadline, UPS and the union have agreed there will be no furloughs through April 1, 2010, and that the IPA will have another opportunity later this year to produce additional savings. Voluntary pilot savings generated later this year could eliminate the proposed layoffs entirely. The savings identified by the IPA have been produced through voluntary programs such as pilots taking short- and long-term leaves of absence; military leaves; job sharing; reductions in flight pay guarantees; early retirement, and sick bank contributions. UPS and the IPA are confident they can achieve the total savings goal. ”This is another example of UPS’s commitment to its employees and their families,” said Bob Lekites, UPS Airlines president. “It also shows how a company and its union can work together to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. We applaud our pilots for making the voluntary commitments necessary to help us protect our business and UPS jobs in this uncertain global economy and we thank the IPA for their leadership in this process.” "This is a remarkable achievement," said Bob Miller, president of the IPA. "First of all I'd like to thank our pilots. None of this would have happened if they hadn't stepped up to volunteer from every fleet, seat and domicile. It shows tremendous solidarity and compassion for our fellow pilots. Second, I want to thank UPS. They didn't have to go down this road with us. We appreciate their openness to new ideas and their willingness to work with us in finding an alternative solution." The IPA Foundation
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