Fedex Hiring Mins when hiring resumes...

[Fox-Tree]

Says the 2000TT F/A-18 driver hire

When they're hiring, Fedex also hires plenty of civilians too. My class was 40% civilian while others were 50/50.

Were they 2000TT civilians? No, but whether you and the other whiner want to admit it or not, everyone with common sense knows 2000 hours in an F/A-18 represents significantly more flying experience than an equivalent amount of civilian time.

Every other airline weighs mil time, especially fighter time, heavier than civilian time, THAT'S a fact, Mr. Whiner. After spending hours droning around the world on autopilot, blocked out with the engines shut down waiting for a wheels up time or a gate to park the jet, getting de-iced or just twiddling my thumbs in a conga line, I understand why. So, why should Fedex be any different?

 

[stupidpilot]

Maybe because flying a fighter has nothing to do with flying a big cargo jet, other than they have wings? And the other civilian guys have thousands more hours actually flying big heavy jets in the actual ATC system?

Just a thought mind you.

 

[pilotyip]

Stop that

When they're hiring, Fedex also hires plenty of civilians too. My class was 40% civilian while others were 50/50.

Were they 2000TT civilians? No, but whether you and the other whiner want to admit it or not, everyone with common sense knows 2000 hours in an F/A-18 represents significantly more flying experience than an equivalent amount of civilian time.

Every other airline weighs mil time, especially fighter time, heavier than civilian time, THAT'S a fact, Mr. Whiner. After spending hours droning around the world on autopilot, blocked out with the engines shut down waiting for a wheels up time or a gate to park the jet, getting de-iced or just twiddling my thumbs in a conga line, I understand why. So, why should Fedex be any different?

Hey this is FI, stop dealing in reality

 

[ExAF]

Waaaaambulance Time

Maybe because flying a fighter has nothing to do with flying a big cargo jet, other than they have wings? And the other civilian guys have thousands more hours actually flying big heavy jets in the actual ATC system?

Just a thought mind you.

:crying: Ohhhhhhh Nooooooo.....Here we go again. I sense yet another mil vs civ thread. :bawling:

 

[ABXbooger]

2k in any fighter, or any military plane at that over how much time? As far as I know, that kind of time would take a military guy 10+ years at the minimum. Add the fact that they were in the top 10% of any school they went to just to get in the flight program and that they have all been rigorously poked and prodded the entire time in the military, and you have a HR persons dream. Kind of takes all the guess work out of hiring someone, huh?

 

[Dog Driver]

I wise friend of mine gave me a priceless piece of advice years ago on how best deal with such naïve dreamers;

"Don't say a word... otherwise they will not come back tomorrow and make me laugh again."

 

[CUBMAN]

I don't suppose that they would be any fun to fly with. With all the attitude and how great they are. Oh I forgot. This isn't about fun or enjoyment anymore. We're talking about flying for FedEx.

 

[lowspeed]

Jeeze, go buy yourself a sense of humor. You'd think that they were talking about your son on here. We've all struggled in this industry. I think most people are just saying that he should have to pay his dues like everybody else. 20 year olds are supposed to be treated poorly. That's the way it goes, you've gotta earn respect.

The few guys who have treated me diferently bacause of my age are complete morons. Most seem to be upset that a young guys has achieved some sucess at a young age. I am not defending a cocky 23yr old but we all pay our dues and to have some *********************************** middle aged guy pissed off at his own failure give me crap is really not called for.

 

[K.V.]

When they're hiring, Fedex also hires plenty of civilians too. My class was 40% civilian while others were 50/50.

Were they 2000TT civilians? No, but whether you and the other whiner want to admit it or not, everyone with common sense knows 2000 hours in an F/A-18 represents significantly more flying experience than an equivalent amount of civilian time.

Every other airline weighs mil time, especially fighter time, heavier than civilian time, THAT'S a fact, Mr. Whiner. After spending hours droning around the world on autopilot, blocked out with the engines shut down waiting for a wheels up time or a gate to park the jet, getting de-iced or just twiddling my thumbs in a conga line, I understand why. So, why should Fedex be any different?

Easy there Billy Badass!

Before you go spouting off at the mouth, know that I couldn't care less about the obvious bias of FedEx's hiring preference, no matter how justified you think it is. I don't give a $hit if they only hire 200TT guys straight out of a T-34. I just found it humorous how such a benign comment hit a particular nerve with you.

Be careful with your name calling.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

no he is not, he came back remember, it was in all the books

:beer:
Ok, I'll give you that one.

*golf clap*

 

[Whistlin' Dan]

Were they 2000TT civilians? No, but whether you and the other whiner want to admit it or not, everyone with common sense knows 2000 hours in an F/A-18 represents significantly more flying experience than an equivalent amount of civilian time.

You're comparing apples to oranges. How much of that flying experience is applicable to day-to-day civilian flight ops?

I'm not questioning the abilities or "trainability" of military pilots. To the contrary, I have a lot of respect for them and what they do. Anybody who can put ordinance on a target at night, hit a tanker for some fuel and then return to a carrier has to have something on the ball. But unless FedEx has some "secret plan" by which they're going to make pinpoint air-deliveries after business hours or arrested landings at some of the smaller airports they serve, I'm not sure that the actual skillsets necessary to operate an F/A-18 in those environments has much applicability to flying a civil airliner.

 

[Fox-Tree]

Easy there Billy Badass!

Before you go spouting off at the mouth, know that I couldn't care less about the obvious bias of FedEx's hiring preference, no matter how justified you think it is. I don't give a $hit if they only hire 200TT guys straight out of a T-34. I just found it humorous how such a benign comment hit a particular nerve with you.

Be careful with your name calling.

If you don't care, then why comment? Some guy starts whining about hiring a fighter pilot with at least 10 years of flight experience, I give him a little "boo-hoo" and you jump in. You clearly do have an issue with this based on the tone of your comments. I don't even fall into the category you wanted to put me in - I wish I did. If I'd been hired at 2000TT straight out of the military 11 years ago, I'd be an MD-11 Captain now and have two less airline uniforms in my closet.

I just get sick of hearing ignorant comparisons of simple flight hour totals. They're not the same, it's just that simple. If that F-18 pilot racked up that 2K in 3-4 years then maybe I'd have some sympathy. It takes him just as long (or maybe longer) to get that time as an RJ pilot takes to get to a competitive level in his flight time.

It's also tiring to listen to the constant b!tching about Fedex hiring bias you feel is so obvious (but you couldn’t care less ). As I said, they hire plenty of civilians. I fly with them all the time. Maybe complaining about a bias makes the guys that don't get hired feel better. If they were as sharp and professional as the civilian pilots that I've flown with at Fedex, maybe they'd be there.

Why is it that you never see military pilots on here whining about the creds of civilian pilots hired at airline X?

 

[K.V.]

If you don't care, then why comment? Some guy starts whining about hiring a fighter pilot with at least 10 years of flight experience, I give him a little "boo-hoo" and you jump in. You clearly do have an issue with this based on the tone of your comments. I don't even fall into the category you wanted to put me in - I wish I did. If I'd been hired at 2000TT straight out of the military 11 years ago, I'd be an MD-11 Captain now and have two less airline uniforms in my closet.

I just get sick of hearing ignorant comparisons of simple flight hour totals. They're not the same, it's just that simple. If that F-18 pilot racked up that 2K in 3-4 years then maybe I'd have some sympathy. It takes him just as long (or maybe longer) to get that time as an RJ pilot takes to get to a competitive level in his flight time.

It's also tiring to listen to the constant b!tching about Fedex hiring bias you feel is so obvious (but you couldn’t care less ). As I said, they hire plenty of civilians. I fly with them all the time. Maybe complaining about a bias makes the guys that don't get hired feel better. If they were as sharp and professional as the civilian pilots that I've flown with at Fedex, maybe they'd be there.

Why is it that you never see military pilots on here whining about the creds of civilian pilots hired at airline X?

Like I said, I don't care! My comment had nothing to do with the other guys post, but rather with your reaction to it. And look at you...I mean, talk about "Boo-Hoo". You're making this more and more ironical.

 

[Fox-Tree]

"ironical" ???

Aside from lacking ability to spell it, you also don't seem to understand what it means from what I can tell. If I was complaining about the flight time of civilians hired at Fedex, then you could claim irony. I'm obviously not doing that, so what's your point?

 

[fr8doggie]

Isn't That Ironical?

"ironical" ???

i⋅ron⋅i⋅cal

http://ask.reference.com/pictures?q=ironical&o=100049

–adjective 1.pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile. 2.using or prone to irony: an ironical speaker.

Origin:
1570–80; ironic + -al1

Related forms:
i⋅ron⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
i⋅ron⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. sarcastic, sardonic.








Don't feel bad. I laughed at my wife when she used this word (Big Mistake). I thought she was using ironic improperly.