FedEx and the College degree

[Doyoucopy]

Hi all,

Just a simple question.

Have you ever heard of anyone getting on with FedEx without a degree?

I never finished due to a few circumstances, but that's not the point. The point is I left a box unchecked and would like to know if I stand a chance in hell of getting an interview..

My flight time are as follows:

5000+ TT
1700 part 121 PIC
1500+ jet
typed on MD11, B737, CL65, and E120, ex commuter guy
Extensive Int'l heavy flying last 3 years.
Have 2 guys at FedEx willing to recommend me (I know I need at least 3)

Thank you in advance for any response.

DYC

 

[PurpleChimp]

You could be typed in every airplane FedEx has and have 100 recs but unfortunately, not having a 4-yr degree is, from what I understand, a show-stopper...........

 

[CaptainMark]

finish your degree....geez

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

finish your degree....geez

They must be one of the last that actually requires it. Like a 4 year degree has a bearing on whether you're a good pilot or person with good work ethics. I say this as a person (pilot) who has a 4 year degree in Business and works for a Legacy. What that has to do with flying an airplane I don't know. Don't give me the old "it shows you completed something you started" crap either. This goes along with airlines that require a type rating to get hired. What a scam this is! How many airlines require 4 yr degrees and types? Thought so, not many left.

 

[filejw]

They own the football guys.

 

[Doyoucopy]

Thanks guys for the responses.

Oh well

 

[PurpleTail]

Hi all,

Just a simple question.

Have you ever heard of anyone getting on with FedEx without a degree?

I never finished due to a few circumstances, but that's not the point. The point is I left a box unchecked and would like to know if I stand a chance in hell of getting an interview..

DYC

FedEx requires a 4 year degree because if you ever need to use our QRH (Quick Reference Handbood-ie. emergency procedure checklist) you have to be able to understand and use it...WHICH REQUIRES A 4 YR DEGREE.

***Side note for non-FedEx pilots- this post is a slight bit of humor with tongue in check.

 

[Doyoucopy]

FedEx requires a 4 year degree because if you ever need to use our QRH (Quick Reference Handbood-ie. emergency procedure checklist) you have to be able to understand and use it...WHICH REQUIRES A 4 YR DEGREE.

***Side note for non-FedEx pilots- this post is a slight bit of humor with tongue in check.

LOL. one of those eh?

I guess FedEx isn't the only place with difficult to understand QRHs?

 

[Purpledog]

FedEx requires a 4 year degree because if you ever need to use our QRH (Quick Reference Handbood-ie. emergency procedure checklist) you have to be able to understand and use it...WHICH REQUIRES A 4 YR DEGREE

You're killin' me! Too funny. That's the truth. My kid could write a better flowing QRH.

 

[Beertini]

What that has to do with flying an airplane I don't know.

It is kind of a moot point to discuss this (again) but here goes::smash:

1) Few airlines are hiring right now but FedEx happens to be one that is.
2) FedEx requires a college degree.
3) If you want to work for FedEx (see #1) then you need to comply with #2.

We can debate until we are blue in the face about the merits of having (or not having) a college degree and that particular piece of paper's impact on my abilities to fly an airplane but Doyoucopy's question specifically addressed the necessity of having said degree at FedEx.

Sorry Doyoucopy but you need to check that box at FedEx, just like Chimp said. I am not certain, but Brown may not have the same degree requirement.

Good luck,
Beertini

 

[FedEx1]

If you want to work for fedex, just get the degree over with.

Embry Riddle distance campuses will give tons of college credit for flying ratings and experience. No one's asking you to go to Yale or anything. There are other accredited degrees from schools where you can do a lot of the work online- so you can still fly full time.

Just suck it up like the rest of us and play by the purple rules. Besides, you'll be glad you got the degree someday- especially if you have kids.

 

[Diesel]

A 4 yr degree is a way for fedex to weed through the pile.

I think it's retarted because the only thing college teaches you is how to do keg stands and try and avoid an std.

But like someone said they have the ball.

 

[Malter1]

Like a 4 year degree has a bearing on whether you're a good pilot or person with good work ethics. What that has to do with flying an airplane I don't know.

Every few years, the enlisted corps in the Air Force brings this fatally flawed argument up as well. "Why can't enlisted people fly jets? Why do you need a Bachelor's degree to be an officer?" This is very much the same argument you are making.

I have an analogy (college word) that may help you. Say you have two pilots, one has 500 hours and the other one has 3,000 hours. Is the 3,000 hour pilot always going to be the better pilot? The one who makes all the right decisions? The one with the golden hands? No, but in the aggregate ('nother college word), the group of pilots who have 3,000 hours are better pilots that the group at 500 hours.

The same applies to those with and without college degrees. The aggregate group of those with a college degree is generally more intelligent, more well rounded, and better prepared for life. I'm sorry it's a fact.

 

[seefive]

Good "analogy" Malter!

 

[AAflyer]

Every few years, the enlisted corps in the Air Force brings this fatally flawed argument up as well. "Why can't enlisted people fly jets? Why do you need a Bachelor's degree to be an officer?" This is very much the same argument you are making.

I have an analogy (college word) that may help you. Say you have two pilots, one has 500 hours and the other one has 3,000 hours. Is the 3,000 hour pilot always going to be the better pilot? The one who makes all the right decisions? The one with the golden hands? No, but in the aggregate ('nother college word), the group of pilots who have 3,000 hours are better pilots that the group at 500 hours.

The same applies to those with and without college degrees. The aggregate group of those with a college degree is generally more intelligent, more well rounded, and better prepared for life. I'm sorry it's a fact.

Overall I tend to agree, however the above individual attended college. I have had the pleasure to meet a few people in life that had 3+ years of college, however due to finances, or in one case, family death, never completed the degree.

I would be hard pressed to say they were any less intelligent than someone who completed the degree. They had accumulated 80+ credits, learned the college basics or research, and survived the transition from child to adult.

Besides a learning experience, and acquiring knowledge in a specific field, college is an experiment in gaining independence, learning to survive in the world away from family blanket.

This is all a moot point, as Purple has set their standard.

AAflyer

P.S. I learned those college words in high school.

 

[Diesel]

The same applies to those with and without college degrees. The aggregate group of those with a college degree is generally more intelligent, more well rounded, and better prepared for life. I'm sorry it's a fact.

eeeeech.

By the way I went to boarding school so I must be uber smart.

We learned independence at 12. By the time college came around we'd been living on our own for 4 years allready.

 

[buttercup]

Yeah a college degree is priceless. Where else can you learn business 101, and the Fundamentals of Business Ownership from a professor who has worked his way up through the University system and never even owned a business.

 

[Diesel]

What's the term. Those that do do. Those that can't teach.

Personally I know a couple of guys that haven't even graduated high school but are probably the smartest people I know. They own multi-million dollar businesses.

 

[buttercup]

What's the term. Those that do do. Those that can't teach.

Personally I know a couple of guys that haven't even graduated high school but are probably the smartest people I know. They own multi-million dollar businesses.

Yeah but that's because they run favors for you and break peoples kneecaps up in Boston.

 

[dh82dvr]

...and those who can't teach are university lecturers.

 

[Malter1]

What's the term. Those that do do. Those that can't teach.

Personally I know a couple of guys that haven't even graduated high school but are probably the smartest people I know. They own multi-million dollar businesses.

Apparently, you missed the word "aggregate" in my previous post. And just think how easy it would have been for said couple to have obtained their degrees.

 

[Diesel]

no i saw it stupid.

It needed to be said though. A degree is just a piece of paper.

 

[WorldOnTime]

A 4 yr degree is a way for fedex to weed through the pile.

I think it's retarted because the only thing college teaches you is how to do keg stands and try and avoid an std.

But like someone said they have the ball.

Would that be "retarded"? Hmmm, must be something I learned in college while I was doing keg stands all day. PS, something else I learned in college is you only use "an" if the following word begins with a vowel. Actually, I think I learned that quite a bit earlier. My apologies.

Bottom line, some require it. If you want to work here, get it.

 

[bubbers44]

Sometimes not having a college degree changes things in a positive direction. I had an interview with Braniff, my first airline interview, then got the phone call saying they had to cancel it because I only had an AA degree. I recently retired from a major airline as a wide body international pilot with a full lump sump thanks to not getting the full college degree.

 

[buttercup]

The wealthiest man in the world pissed on college after trying it for a year or two.

 

[FN FAL]

Like a 4 year degree has a bearing on whether you're a good pilot or person with good work ethics.

I guess it depends on whether you went to college "just to check off a box" on an application, or you went there to actually learn something.

 

[Malter1]

no i saw it stupid.

It needed to be said though. A degree is just a piece of paper.

Stupid? WOW ! Did you just resort to name calling on Flight Info? Is it because you know you have no valid point or is just that you lack the eloquence/intelligence to relay your point?

Just a piece of paper, huh? Unbelievable...............

 

[FN FAL]

Stupid? WOW ! Did you just resort to name calling on Flight Info? Is it because you know you have no valid point or is just that you lack the eloquence/intelligence to relay your point?

Just a piece of paper, huh? Unbelievable...............

Hahahaha, knowledge is good.

 

[Diesel]

No one is denying if it's required or not. Obviously it is.

People are questioning the validity of it.

This question comes up every couple of months. Gets hashed and hashed, kind of fun to watch. Much like the Military v Civilian argument.

It's a piece of paper. Unless yours is printed on a gold plate?

 

[Malter1]

It's a piece of paper. Unless yours is printed on a gold plate?

Funny you should say gold plate. I have a Stanford grad standing here whose "paper" degree is worth thousands of times more than what'd be worth if printed on a gold plate. Same is true if your degree is from Southcentral Louisianna Tech State and you landed a job at FedEx. Then your "paper" degree would also be worth many times what'd be worth if it were printed on a gold plate!