Fedex Corporate

[Problow]

Did a lazy search and did not find anything quickly. Does anyone have any info on the corporate side of fedex. QOL, pay, bennies, duty days, upgrade and aircraft. Thanks in advance.

 

[LimoDriver]

I don't know what all you need to know, but this is what I know....

They have 4 bases - MEM, HRO, PIT, DAL. The majority of the operation is based in MEM. They have a Global Express, 3 Challengers (601), and 7 Learjet 45's. The Global, Challengers, and 3 Lears are based in MEM - the outstations have Lears.

Quality of life is excellent...you are salaried to work 16 days per month. Most of those days you will be flying or on standby to fly. But, you also may be in training, traveling (ie-to training), or office duty. Other than those 16 days, you are off...not on telephone alert any of that stuff. If they need a pilot to fill a trip, they may ask you to fly an extra day or two, but they will pay you extra for it. You do not have to accept a trip on your day off.

Pay is not all that great.....It is a little less than industry average, but schedule kind of makes up for that. If you want to make more $$, go fly freight at FedEx. That said, if you want to fly freight, you can cross over from Corporate to the "line" after 3 years if you meet their minimums and they are hiring.

If you get an interview at Corporate, the interview process is the same as the "line." You have to take a sim check, do testing, and the panel interview. The panel interview will include HR, a line Capt, and the Corporate Aviation Chief Pilot. It's a pain in the arse, but worth it if you get the job offer.

PM me if you have other questions.....

 

[rthepilot]

I have a friend who works there now. The long and short of it is, It's EXTREMELY political and absolutely WHO you know.

 

[C-5 MEM]

I live in Memphis and I have to agree with rthepilot. I know the CP very well and tried to get hired a few months ago. He told me I would have to get a executive referal to just get a interview. It was bad enough when I trained a pilot over 8 years ago get a job. His father is a MD-11 Captain.
I still think you need to apply.

C5 MEM

 

[learflyer]

Gosh, I don't think the new pope had to go through that process to get hired. What is up with aviation?

 

[Captainzero1]

HEY BOYS, i THOUGHT AVIATION WAS A MERITOCRACY. oNLY THE MOST QUALIFIED SHOULD GET THE JOB RIGHT? nO WHO YOU KNOW. HYPOCRITES!

 

[badlander45]

Dork!

 

[LimoDriver]

I agree with badlander.....DORK

Since when has aviation been a meritocracy??? Unions did away with that years ago with their seniority system!

 

[AeroDork]

it's not who you know it's who you blow. that's that gigantic sucking noise you hear in memphis.

 

[Problow]

i always said its not who ya know or who ya blow, its how ya blow who ya know!

 

[Captainzero1]

You chumps dont get it. someone comes on this board asking about affirmative action and you all come out of the wood work yelling about discrimination and only the most qualified should get the job. A company bypasses the most qualified and go strictly on recomendations from friends and thats cool. It's aviation. I will say it again. Hypocrites!

 

[Mercury]

Captain Zero,

I have two points I'd like you to consider:

1) You mean to tell us that with 3200 hrs and 3 types, no one has ever
done anything to help you out in this industry? No letters of Recc? No
"heads up " on a possible opening? No one ever took the time to mentor
you along and show you the ropes??? No one gave you your first chance
in the right seat of a King Air or Citation.??

Somewhere along the line we've all had a little help. Networking exists everywhere, not just in aviation.

2) I highly doubt you would walk into any interview, airline or corporate,
and accuse the company of not hiring the most qualified applicants. Our
company (F150 flt dept.) receives hundreds of resumes every year and I
can tell you with out a doubt we have the choice of some extremely well
qualified people from all backgrounds as I'm certain FDX Corporate does.
And if those applicants happen to come with an internal recc. so be it. These
companies trust the captains with a multimillion dollar asset every time
they fly, I'm sure they can trust their reccomendations for potential new
hires.

Trust me on this friend, Resumes and Reccomendations get you the interview after that it is up to the applicant to get the job.

Best of luck to you

 

[Captainzero1]

mercury, every thing you say is correct and I agree. So why don't you answer the question then that when women and minorities get an interview they are not as qualified as wasp are. You don't see the hypocrisy. Using your own words, resumes and recommendations only get you the interview, the rest is up to you. i am out on the subjest. Just remember when someone post on these boards about AA taking their jobs, you can retort about letters of rec helped them get the interview and it was their interviewing ability that got them the job. I used the word meritocracy to make a point and some clueless wonders on the board said there is no such thing in aviation. Look at the post where AA is brougt up and I am told only the most qualified should get the job. No old boys network, no AA, no who you know. Yea right. I accepted all the help I could get and have returned it in spades because that is how the game is played in the corporate world.

 

[Mercury]

CaptainZero,

Thanks for the reply. Now that I have had the chance to sit on the other side of the hiring table, I can tell you that a lot of the AA/EOE stuff comes directly from the HR department and unfortunately they dont think the flt dept. is any different than the widget makers. Not much I can do to change the corporate policy on that one. Not saying its right, but we do have to abide by it. gotta run have a great day!

 

[Flat Spot]

HEY BOYS, i THOUGHT AVIATION WAS A MERITOCRACY. oNLY THE MOST QUALIFIED SHOULD GET THE JOB RIGHT? nO WHO YOU KNOW. HYPOCRITES!

For what it's worth, I think you will find the FedEx corp dept has very highly qualified pilots. A department like it gets hundreds of apps a month so there is no reason to higher anyone but the most qualified candidates.