FedEX Feeder dorks

[cherry20's]

I've got to hear if it worked, it probably did.

 

[goofyfoot]

This argument is hilarious! I don't care what the excuse is, if you fly a caravan and you are telling people you fly for Fedex, YOU ARE A DORK! If word got out on the Regional and Majors forums that a Comair dude was telling people he worked for Delta he would be laughed off the boards. Why not log some microsoft flight simulator time and tell people you are a 777 captain for Landmark Airlines.

 

[say again]

This argument is hilarious! I don't care what the excuse is, if you fly a caravan and you are telling people you fly for Fedex, YOU ARE A DORK!

Yes you are, and that I agree with!! Just dont know why people get so upset, angry over it!?!? I'll say it again, "who really cares?"

 

[say again]

You left out the most important part of the story. Did He get into her pants? Did the story work?

LOL! Sadly, probably not!!!!!

 

[IFollowRoads]

OH ok I understand now... it's wrong for him to try to get some strange by saying he flies for FedEx, but it's fine and dandy for you to stream your tears out of a firehose all over this thread about it, and give her the "real story" in your own attempt to get back into your ex's pants?

All clear now

That's right, it's okay if they're lying just as long as it doesn't affect me. If they fool others it's just fine. **Sarcasm**

The fact that it affected a very good friend of mine by this guy lying to her matters to me.

But I WILL have that beer.

 

[IFollowRoads]

You left out the most important part of the story. Did He get into her pants? Did the story work?

Yes yes! Do tell!!

BTW, the two quickest ways into a womans pants are:

1. "I'm a kindergarten teacher."
2. "I'm a dentist, and I must say those are some of the finest bicuspids I've ever seen..."

 

[time builder]

Ya know, DHL contracts ABX and Astar for their US work, does that mean they're dirt bags for saying that they fly for DHL? No one is going to know who the heck Astar is.

 

[goodgig]

Good point!

I ask the OP if the dude said he was dentist, would you be so P.O'd?

 

[erichartmann]

Ya know, DHL contracts ABX and Astar for their US work, does that mean they're dirt bags for saying that they fly for DHL? No one is going to know who the heck Astar is.

Or ABX. Usually, if asked who I fly for, I tell 'em the short answer is DHL, the long answer is bit more complicated.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

Oops, I've been away from this thread for a day.
No, he didn't get any lovin' from his lie. But he did end up paying $180 for her to go skydiving. I guess that's what happens when you lie about having a lot of money. You pay and still get nothing.
She's out of his league anyway.

And no, I don't really care who she dates, I have a girlfriend anyway, but I've been a close friend of her family for about 14 years, so I do care when some liar tries to mislead her because he's too much of a loser to tell the truth.

I can't believe how many of you feeder guys are arguing that it's okay to lie. That's messed up.
You really can't argue this; there are lots of feeder guys who don't feel the need to lie about whom they fly for. Only a select few are dumb enough to do that.
Hell, if somebody asks me what I do, I just tell them "I fly for a cargo company in Dallas".
There's no reason to lie and no reason to explain more unless they want to know more.

 

[dillfer]

You might fool the occassional drunk college girl, but it really makes you guys look like idiots.

Hey, I'm confused. Is the girl in the above quote the one that he tried to pick up or is it the girl in the quote below.

And no, I don't really care who she dates, I have a girlfriend anyway, but I've been a close friend of her family for about 14 years, so I do care when some liar tries to mislead her because he's too much of a loser to tell the truth.

It sounds like your issues with this guy go a little deeper than whether or not he's claiming to be a FedEx pilot. Sounds like someones a little jealous.

I'm not saying that it's ok to lie, I'm just saying that its ok to lie when someone is trying to get into your exgirlfriends pants.

 

[say again]

It sounds like your issues with this guy go a little deeper than whether or not he's claiming to be a FedEx pilot. Sounds like someones a little jealous.

I'm not saying that it's ok to lie, I'm just saying that its ok to lie when someone is trying to get into your exgirlfriends pants.

LOL, these statements I agree with!!!:laugh: :beer:

PS-not a feeder guy, never was.

 

[goodgig]

Never said it was O.K. to lie.

I was just pointing out there are tools everywhere. Deal with it.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

Oh snap! You got me with that one guys. Damn, you tha man! You are SO much cooler than me! I'm gonna start telling people I work for FedEX too so I can be cool like you guys.

So, did they teach you those zingers at FedEX groundschool? Where did you stay in Memphis during training anyhow?

Who would be jealous of the feeders anyway? They're some of the lowest paid people in the entire industry. I mean $52,000 for a 5 year captain at Empire and MAC. $62,000 after 13 years of service...that's disgraceful and there's no opportunity to move to jets either. And you have to fly all night long. And you don't get paid any more for flying more hours.
Damn, I'm getting jealous just thinking about it. You guys have it sooo good.

Maybe Mesa or GoJets guys would be jealous of you guys...nope, they get paid more too. Damn, I must be missing something here.
Most captains make that much after two years of service.

 

[IFollowRoads]

It's all good, bro. I've never been a feeder, unless you meant "bottom feeder" hehe.

Don't forget to try out that bicuspid line

 

[fokkers&beer]

I've been a feeder. I told everyone I worked for a hillbilly carrier in Idaho, and I bet my Jets cooler than yours.

 

[photopilot]

It is a loser move to claim you work for FedEx. Personally I go way out of my way to make sure everyone understands I do not work for FedEx. I have a good guess who the guy in SHV is. Don't worry, he annoys a lot of people. If it is who I am thinking of, most feeder pilots wouldn't want to claim him as one of our own.

You can't paint with too broad of a brush. Most of us just want to do our job and go home. We generally don't give a crap about impressing anyone. Most of us, if we could fly in blue jeans and an oily T-shirt, we would. I would say most feeder pilots are a different breed and about as cool as they come. But there is always one in every group.

Feeder pilots have never flown struck work. The reason FedEx doesn't hire us is that we are considered feeder trash. That is OK, plenty of us have found good jobs at places after life at the feeders. Afterall, wouldn't want us dirtying up the flight deck of the sky gods. *There is the occasional exception and occasionally you will run across a mainline pilot who will actually acknowledge your existence and say good morning. Mostly not.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

Photopilot,
I completely agree with that. There are many very cool feeder guys, probably 90% of the ones I've met I'd drink a beer with any day.
I could never take any of that respect away from them. They're doing a tough job for not much money and little thanks (especially from big Fred).
But there's a select few who feel the need to "stretch the truth" about their jobs. It would be a lot cooler if they just told the truth because they're not fooling anybody.
If you're under 35 years old and/or you fly a prop, chances are pretty good that you don't really fly for FedEX.


Fokkers&beer,
I have no doubt that your DC-10 is cooler than my little POS's. Heck, a Kia Sephia is probably cooler than the old bucket of bolts I fly.
But I'll be ya a case of beer that my Lear 24 can fly circles around that huge ostrich you fly(literally).

 

[dillfer]

Who would be jealous of the feeders anyway? They're some of the lowest paid people in the entire industry. I mean $52,000 for a 5 year captain at Empire and MAC. $62,000 after 13 years of service...that's disgraceful and there's no opportunity to move to jets either. And you have to fly all night long. And you don't get paid any more for flying more hours.
Damn, I'm getting jealous just thinking about it. You guys have it sooo good.

Oughta check your facts son. At Empire you get paid more after 80 hours but very few bases ever fly that much. I've only flown 160 hrs this year. The pay is low that I agree with, however if I hit 300 hrs. this year, which I won't, 52000/300 is pretty good money. As far as the flying all night thing about 90% of our runs are day runs.

As far as the jealousy thing we've already established that you're the jealous type.

 

[thunderworm]

daytona did your ex go to high school in spokane as well and if so what school.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

Oh dillfer,
Yeah, I'll double check my facts...you get paid crap and if you work more than 80 hours, you get even more crap. But you never work more than 80 hours so you always just get crap. Damn, I'm glad you corrected me on that one.
My god, man, you could get a nice cushy charter gig flying a fast, clean jet and get more than 300 hours a year. At that rate you'll be flying crap till you're 50.

Jealous...are you serious? You can do better than that. I made more as a first year FO at my company than a 4th year FO makes at Empire. And I didn't even make that much!
Try again...I'll check back tomorrow to see if you can come up with a better one.

At least I don't have to lie to women about what I do. You're one of those guys, aren't you? Admit it if you are.

Oh yeah, before I forget, here's a copy of your guy's flight schedule. It looks like almost half of your runs are at night or early morning before the sun's up. So where did this 90% stuff come from?
http://www.empireairlines.com/2504015/main/Content/ImageLib/121 web schedule.pdf


Thunderworm,
No, she's not from WA.

 

[dillfer]

I could never take any of that respect away from them. They're doing a tough job for not much money and little thanks (especially from big Fred).

Yeah, I'll double check my facts...you get paid crap and if you work more than 80 hours, you get even more crap. But you never work more than 80 hours so you always just get crap. Damn, I'm glad you corrected me on that one.

Man, you're all over the place. I'm very glad that you make a ton of money. Money's not everything, it sure helps with a lot, but it's not everything. Obviously I don't mind what I get paid otherwise I would go somewhere else, I enjoy the quality of life that Empire affords me. That may change in a couple of years but it works for me now.

When I was single I used to tell women, when they asked what I did, that I delivered boxes for FedEx. Which isn't really a lie. The pilot line never worked well for me.

And you have to fly all night long.

We do have a lot of runs that leave early in the morning around 6am. I was just stating that we don't have many where you have to fly all night long, like you said.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

Dillfer,
I don't make a lot of money, but when you claim that I'm jealous of feeder guys, I'll respond because there's nothing for me to be jealous of. Those other things you quoted were in response to other people's comments too.
The whole point of this thread was to point out that lying about who you fly for is stupid and makes you look like a phony and it's become very common among some feeder guys.
Non-pilots may not know better initially, but eventually, when they find out the truth, you'll look foolish.
The incident with my friend and that guy in Spokane was just the most recent example I've heard of. Of course there's this other one:

My old college buddy flies for MAC and lists himself as a pilot for FedEX right on his web page. He even has a couple pictures of him in the right seat of the ATR. Then he lists his salary at $45,000-$60,000. Who's he trying to fool?
He's only been there a year, so he couldn't have upgraded yet and MAC's FO scale doesn't even go above $38,000/year.

Even the regional drivers don't do it as much as the FedEX feeder guys. I rarely hear Eagle guys say they fly for AA.

 

[goodgig]

I rarely hear Eagle guys say they fly for AA.

So this implies that you did once?

Where is THAT thread?????

 

[say again]

So this implies that you did once?

Where is THAT thread?????

They werent using it to pick up his ex-girlfriend, so it doesn't affect him!!!:laugh:

 

[photopilot]

If you divide our pay by hours flown we are really well paid, per flight hour. However, we are at work a lot longer than we fly. A lot of our runs have down time where you are just sitting. Personally I would rather work harder and have more to show for it. If I am going to be at work for 10 hours anyway, might as well be flying and getting paid.

Breaking it down by hours flown really does us an injustice. We are poorly paid and there is no getting around it. 2nd year FO's at Skywest are making as much as 2 year Captains in out ATR's.

 

[Fblowjets]

Man I am a corporate guy flying out of SHV. Oh crap i just admitted to being in this dump of a city. STAY AWAY FROM THE RED HEAD... I got a box of rocks that are smarter.. Maybe Ill go get in on some conversations at the FBO..

 

[landlover]

Man I am a corporate guy flying out of SHV. Oh crap i just admitted to being in this dump of a city. STAY AWAY FROM THE RED HEAD... I got a box of rocks that are smarter.. Maybe Ill go get in on some conversations at the FBO..

dumb and hot?? sounds perfect, why would i stay away!

 

[Sawmill]

Hey daytonaflyer...what are you so fixed on what others make and letting everyone know you fly jets? Didnt your parents teach you its bad form to discuss what people earn...even if it is public knowledge?
As for making us all aware of your non-propeller flying job, one day you may understand that jets are not for everyone. I get 10 times the satisfaction flying props over jets...I found jets to get real boring, real fast. Thats me and I am sure others feel the same way. I think we'd all agree that what others choose to do or say is their business. Lighten up...and choose your battles more effectively. Most everyone (Im guessing here) is laughing at you because you are getting so worked up over absolutely nothing. And I am betting that episode involving your ex-girlfriend probably didnt damage her sensibilities that much. This is just my opinion so take it for what its worth. Ya gotta lighten up man...otherwise your medical will be revoked due to high blood pressure!

 

[districtpilot]

As a MAC Pilot, I really don't think it's that simple. Life is way too complex and fluid to simply state that I work for:
A. FedEx
B. MAC
Believe me if someone approaches me and cares enough to ask what I do for a living, then I would be more than happy to explain the entire scope of my employment. Of course every situation and person is different so I use critical thinking to proceed.