Delta now or Fedex in 2 years

[Reebo]

There are a couple of things that drive it. First, with our manning right now, the reserves aren't being used very heavily. Also, due our system form, the majority of our trips pay trip rig instead of block. For example, I fly mostly short leg out-and-backs that end up blocking under 3 hours but pay 6.

Z

Thanks that makes sense. Sounds like a pretty good deal.

 

[av8tor4239]

I recently had a similar decison to make. I have very high level contacts at fed ex... actually the highest level contact you can have and then some.. i chose to leave the regional world and go to the first one that called.... I could not be happier.. will I go to FedEx in the future? Who knows, but right now I am happy where I am. Always go to the first one that calls...

 

[navigatro]

I recently had a similar decison to make. I have very high level contacts at fed ex... actually the highest level contact you can have and then some.. . Always go to the first one that calls...

The highest contact you can have is God. The only person higher than that, according to himself, is Fred Smith. That must be your contact.

Agree with advice to go to the first one that calls. You only have a decision to make if and when the second call comes. I learned this first hand.

 

[aeropharoh]

Do your research and only apply where you want to go.

 

[Fedora]

I have very high level contacts at fed ex... actually the highest level contact you can have and then some

LOL!
"To infinity....and beyond!"

Buzz Lightyear

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

Fly as little as you want but how much of that 342 hours you flew last year agreed with your natural sleep?

When I stated "jacked" up schedule I was not talking about how much you worked, but more of how much time was used at your own expense to recover.

I would agree with call to do both, but I'm not among the masses who think that Fdx is the holy grail. Working for 90's pay and retirement benefits is not my idea of an ideal job.

Ref

I must have a "jacked up" schedule too....just flew one leg to ABQ with 35hrs off at 3pm and returned one leg back and in my own bed by 12pm...doing that "jacked up" schedule all month!

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

I know there are no certainties in aviation, but wanted to hear some opinions. What does everyone think of accepting a job with Delta in the next couple months versus holding out for a job at FedEx probably two years from now? Assuming the person is in a job they currently enjoy and has good ins at both companies. I have already heard the first one to hire you, is there any other thought process here? I just heard that Fedex will not even interview you if you fly for another major.

tough call..but i do have friends at delta who want to leave and come to FDX and are willing to go to HKG or CDG...good luck!

 

[av8tor4239]

The highest contact you can have is God. .

Interesting point.. can God be considered a contact. You can debate the existence of God... Therere God does not count as a contact.. I do not belive God can be considered a contact... try again please!

 

[refplusnone]

I must have a "jacked up" schedule too....just flew one leg to ABQ with 35hrs off at 3pm and returned one leg back and in my own bed by 12pm...doing that "jacked up" schedule all month!

That sounds great. However, is that the norm? I'm going to assume you've been there for quite a while as well. But as a new hire with the retreads coming back and the reduction of a 3 crew aircraft, I can only imagine how long it would take to get a regular schedule like that. Much less an upgrade then getting a decent schedule.

Ref

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

That sounds great. However, is that the norm? I'm going to assume you've been there for quite a while as well. But as a new hire with the retreads coming back and the reduction of a 3 crew aircraft, I can only imagine how long it would take to get a regular schedule like that. Much less an upgrade then getting a decent schedule.

Ref

i have been here 13 years this month...and if you live in domicile you can get some pretty great schedules...commuters fight for the double deadheads which tend to be all the night hubturn stuff which i don't touch with a 10 foot pole...but we are probably 65% day flying now.....when u average about 250 to 350 hrs a year and can get the one leg day flying it is pretty darn good...and thanks to the rule change i have the option to go another 27 years..ouch!!!

 

[fishalaska]

I recently had a similar decison to make. I have very high level contacts at fed ex... actually the highest level contact you can have and then some.. i chose to leave the regional world and go to the first one that called.... I could not be happier.. will I go to FedEx in the future? Who knows, but right now I am happy where I am. Always go to the first one that calls...

If you really do know Fred Smith or someone else with that kind of pull, WHY did they forget to call you???

 

[AV80R]

i have been here 13 years this month...and if you live in domicile you can get some pretty great schedules...commuters fight for the double deadheads which tend to be all the night hubturn stuff which i don't touch with a 10 foot pole...but we are probably 65% day flying now.....when u average about 250 to 350 hrs a year and can get the one leg day flying it is pretty darn good...and thanks to the rule change i have the option to go another 27 years..ouch!!!

So you were 25 when you got hired at purple? Nice! Now if YOU work until 65 I'll lose my faith in common sense.

 

[pilotyip]

Remember

So you were 25 when you got hired at purple? Nice! Now if YOU work until 65 I'll lose my faith in common sense.

15 years ago FedEx was a place you went to get some jet time so you could apply at the good places like DAL, UAL, TWA, etc.

 

[MemTrash]

Fly as little as you want but how much of that 342 hours you flew last year agreed with your natural sleep?

When I stated "jacked" up schedule I was not talking about how much you worked, but more of how much time was used at your own expense to recover.

I would agree with call to do both, but I'm not among the masses who think that Fdx is the holy grail. Working for 90's pay and retirement benefits is not my idea of an ideal job.

Ref

Well, lets see I sit (B-reserve) noon to midnight. My duty day can't start outside of that window. My trip to CDG.... we took off at 7pm local time in Memphis. Then after 4 days in CDG we deadheaded back FC on NWA. Now we do go along way and the time zones do change so yea it's an adjustment, but my job is like being on vacation.. yours?

When I got hired in 95 Delta was the job I really wanted but they had guys on the street. After a year with FedEx (back in the day when the airlines seemed to be the place to be) you couldn't have blasted me away. It's changed now but back then I usually carried my golf clubs with me or my skiies. It was a better deal back then too it's just a much better deal now.

What is your ideal job? When I had about two years at FedEx I talked to a senior Delta captain and he told me to stay where I was. He said at Delta everyone wanted to get senior enough to fly the all night international stuff anyway. The airlines head to Europe in the middle of the night and get there in the morning. We leave in the morning and get in late in the afternoon. Internationally we have the better schedule hands down, the airlines fly the back side of the clock.


I see your Avtar is no longer a FedEx tail ... Thanks

 

[MemTrash]

Thanks

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

So you were 25 when you got hired at purple? Nice! Now if YOU work until 65 I'll lose my faith in common sense.

no way !! i've been investing wisely....i should be leaving at 50..that's 25 years...that is plenty...give up my seat for someone else..and i have lot's of hobbies...flying gets in the way of most of them...

 

[MemTrash]

no way !! i've been investing wisely....i should be leaving at 50..that's 25 years...that is plenty...give up my seat for someone else..and i have lot's of hobbies...flying gets in the way of most of them...

Hey FatBoyCaptain I'm not sure eating donuts is really a hobby!

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

Hey FatBoyCaptain I'm not sure eating donuts is really a hobby!

i've seen the results of eating a lot of donuts...your gut is HUGE!!!!!....when your cut up like me then talk..your just another 50yr old fat bellied old man!

 

[MemTrash]

i've seen the results of eating a lot of donuts...your gut is HUGE!!!!!....when your cut up like me then talk..your just another 50yr old fat bellied old man!

Flying small twins with a big gut is no way to go through life. You still have time to change the way you look if you hurry. You might as well work on the gut since you are too junior to fly a real airplane now.

To be cut up like you I'd have to gain 35 pounds.

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

i'm 12 years younger and 1000 numbers more senior...and about 50lbs less...DEAL WITH IT!!!!:laugh:

 

[dojetdriver]

i'm 12 years younger and 1000 numbers more senior...and about 50lbs less...DEAL WITH IT!!!!:laugh:

Ca M, is that you?

 

[HoursHore]

OF course it is. Paid 10 bucks to get to use his trade mark lowercase i's.

 

[taxicabdriver]

You guys make me sick...I'm going to time out in April due to the 1000hrs/12 month international rule....So when do you think the hiring will resume???

 

[refplusnone]

.... nevermind

 

[refplusnone]

I see your Avtar is no longer a FedEx tail ... Thanks

For clarification the tail on my old avatar was not that I have a desire for FDX. That tail was just the tail of the specific aircraft I fly.

I had to redo my previous post. It had a negative tune to it and that was not what how I wanted it to come across.

It sounds like you made a good call by listening to your DAL buddy in the mid 90's. Maybe I can get ahold of his magic 8 ball for my own career? It's all a roll of the dice with regards to how the airline you go with will be doing in the next 15 years. You never know in 10 years FDX may be furloughing while NWA may be the most sought after job out there. Most would agree the FDX looks good right now, all I was trying to get across is that no job is all roses.

Ref

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

Ca M, is that you?

sshhhh!...APC has gotten ridiculous with FDX guys posting everything the company puts out and complaining constantly...checking out flightinfo again...hope all is well with u!

p.s. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

 

[dojetdriver]

sshhhh!...APC has gotten ridiculous with FDX guys posting everything the company puts out and complaining constantly...checking out flightinfo again...hope all is well with u!

p.s. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

awwwww, that's sweet.

 

[pilotyip]

Reality?

For clarification the tail on my old avatar was not that I have a desire for FDX. That tail was just the tail of the specific aircraft I fly.

I had to redo my previous post. It had a negative tune to it and that was not what how I wanted it to come across.

It sounds like you made a good call by listening to your DAL buddy in the mid 90's. Maybe I can get ahold of his magic 8 ball for my own career? It's all a roll of the dice with regards to how the airline you go with will be doing in the next 15 years. You never know in 10 years FDX may be furloughing while NWA may be the most sought after job out there. Most would agree the FDX looks good right now, all I was trying to get across is that no job is all roses.

Ref

Stop dealing with reality, this a pilot board. Everything is supposed to be roses and if it is not it has to be someone elses fault. It can never be a pilot's fault.

 

[Muff-N-Man]

...My trip to CDG.... we took off at 7pm local time in Memphis. Then after 4 days in CDG ...
... We leave in the morning and get in late in the afternoon. Internationally we have the better schedule hands down, the airlines fly the back side of the clock.

Errrr??

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

what memtrash didn't tell you is that he sucked down about 30lbs of french bread and pastries....he was in the uniform shop the other day with me and well let me just say 42" waist!!! time for nutrisystem memtrash! i can see why u r getting bigger domestically as well...nice spread last week at your house! food was great!