FEDEX commuting

[sonnychiba]

How tough would it be for a new hire to commute from MEM to ANC right off the bat?

 

[fox3]

Not difficult at all --- just painfull. I believe there are two flights a day, non-stop, 7.5 hours (ouch). Some guys have no problem sleeping the entire way on the floor. There are probably quite a few guys that do it.

 

[fdxdisco]

Fox3 is right, it will be painful for awhile. A friend of mine stayed in the back of to 27 to get senior and was able to bid west coast double deadheads. Not sure what the 27 schedule looks like now though. He had enough NW miles to take his whole family to Disney World.

He did that until he could hold ANC in the MadDog. Life is very good for him right now.

Anyway, something to think about.

Disco

 

[sonnychiba]

thanks for the info, by the way, what's a double dead head? and what does a real jr 27fe line look like right now?

 

[FedExFlyer]

thanks for the info, by the way, what's a double dead head? and what does a real jr 27fe line look like right now?

A Double DH is when you are scheduled to start and end your trip at an outstation. I.E. you may fly out of OAK all week.....so you DH from MEM to start your trip and DH back to MEM to end your trip. You live in OAK then you are set.

The jr. line in the Boeing panel looks like 13 off on 4 week bid and 16 off on a 5 week bid with all reserve......the way it looks now is only 3-4 mo. till guys can hold a line.

 

[Dave Siegel]

by the way, what's a double dead head?

and what does a real jr 27fe line look like right now?

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[Maddog2]

what a d!ck.