UPS Pilot Furloughs Suspended LOUISVILLE, March 6, 2003 - UPS today announced it had suspended plans = to furlough up to 100 pilots, thanks in large part to a favorable response = to voluntary leave and separation offers.=20 Last month, the company projected it might have to furlough up to 100 = pilots in 2003 - the first in the company's history - because the continued modernization of the UPS jet fleet was replacing planes requiring three = crew members with planes requiring two. The first 19 pilots were identified = for furloughs by the end of March, although the company made clear it hoped = to avoid that step through voluntary leave and separation programs. "We had hoped the voluntary leave and separation offers would be = effective and they certainly have been," said Airline Operations Manager Rick = Barr. "The response has allowed us to suspend these furloughs for the = foreseeable future." A total of 36 pilots have asked to participate in the Voluntary = Separation Plan and the Voluntary Leave of Absence Plan. That number, when combined with the 56 UPS pilots now on active military duty, is sufficient to = allow suspension of the furlough plan, Barr added. Founded in 1907, UPS is the world's largest package delivery company and = a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company serves more than 200 countries and territories and resides on the Web at UPS.com. UPS = Airlines, launched in 1988, currently is the 11th largest airline in the world and flies more than 1,000 flight segments each day.