FedEx Lifestyle, NOT Sugarcoated!!!!

[PurpleTail]

You can beat this dead horse into the ground all you want but the long and short of it is you can ask the same questions to 100 different FDX pilots and get 100 different answers...thats the beauty of it though.

FDX is what YOU make of it, the nice thing is we have options. Options to fly days or nights, options to fly domestic or international, options to fly narrow-body or wide-body, options on where to be based, options to be senior or junior. Different aircraft have much different schedules and QOL. SWA is a great company with an awesome group of pilots but if I had to fly 737's domestic the rest of my career I'd go nuts, BUT that is just me.

The guys you see that are all beat up are the ones usually chasing the almighty $$. The guys that look and feel great are taking a little less money but are senior in their seat and have a nice QOL. It is what you make it, plain and simple.

I count my blessings everyday I am where I am. Where else in the industry can you go from flying private jets with a fractional to flying a 630,000 MD-11 to Asia and around the world in less than 3 year and make $120k+ being on reserve??? Job security is probably the most important thing to me and I feel like I am at the best company for that. Say what you want but FDX is a GREAT place to be with some of the nicest pilots I've ever meet.

I'll get off my soapbox now, sorry.

 

[AlbieF15]

Its a ticket to an early grave, hard hours, old jets, tough approaches, mean management...its bad bad bad.

So...all you guys with a line number lower than...say...3900 or so really ought to see the light and either retire or find an easier job.

If you can't see the sarcasm, I agree 100% with some other posts. There are some tough trips, some cush trips, but if you keep in shape, keep a healthy attitude, and don't work 100 hours a month I think you can be very happy here. I know I am...

 

[Lord Wakefield]

Where else in the industry can you go from flying private jets with a fractional to flying a 630,000 MD-11 to Asia and around the world in less than 3 year and make $120k plus being on reserve??? Job security is probably the most important thing to me and I feel like I am at the best company for that. Say what you want but FDX is a GREAT place to be with some of the nicest pilots I've ever meet.

I'll get off my soapbox now, sorry.

which fractional?

 

[yellowfever]

Where are the pilot bases for Fedex. Where are the junior bases?

 

[PurpleTail]

which fractional?

Flight Options


Bases: 90% of the pilots are based in MEM (727,A300/310,DC10,MD11/10), then about 5% based in ANC (MD11/10) 3% in LAX (MD11/10) and 2% based at SFS Subic Bay, Philleppeans (A300/310). Rough estimates of course.

 

[ilinipilot]

does Fedex still offer 2nd year pay to new hires if they decide to go over to Subic bay. I heard this at a job fair and I was wondering if it was true.

D

 

[sf340flyer]

Would you guys know an address that I could put on a Cover Letter for FedEx??


thanks for your help

 

[Goose17]

cover letter?

I'm not sure why you are trying to send a cover letter to FedEx. To apply, simply apply online.

https://www.pilotcredentials.com/careers/index.php?a=profile

Goose17

 

[active_herk]

does Fedex still offer 2nd year pay to new hires if they decide to go over to Subic bay. I heard this at a job fair and I was wondering if it was true.

D

I believe new hires going to Subic get first year pay just like everyone else. It is probably a moot point since I haven't heard of a new hire going directly to Subic, although it may be possible to get there before your first year on the property is over. You do get the tax exemption on I belive your first $75k, however (if you live there). Some people commute to Subic, I don't think they get the tax exemption, but don't know for sure.

 

[KigAir]

I worked there for 5 years. Three as a S/O and two as a F/O on the B727. I can honestly say I didn’t like it.
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I was offered a job at a passenger airline flying the B737 and took it. What a huge difference. I actually enjoyed flying again but my timing was bad. Sept 11 and I was laid off. Recalls have started and I'll be back in April after a 4-year furlough. I can't wait to get back.

What's worst, working at FEDEX or being furloughed for 4 years?

 

[b747dogg]

What's worst, working at FEDEX or being furloughed for 4 years?

But, he's a real airline pilot now!!!

 

[RichardFitzwell]

What's worst, working at FEDEX or being furloughed for 4 years?

Good question.

Being furloughed has not been easy but I have learned a lot about the things that matter in life. Of course I didn't quit FedEx planning on being furloughed and if this is the only time in my career that I am furloughed, I'll be pretty lucky. I won't lie and say there haven't been days that I thought about where I'd be if I were still at FedEx. There have. But my wife quickly points out how I felt when I was there and it brings things back into perspective. Also, I don't think anyone could have predicted how fast the industry changed in recent years.

With that said, I still have over 25 years to fly for the airlines. The airline I am furloughed from is doing O.K. and IMO I will have a good career with them. Two years ago I would have said being furloughed is worse. Today I'm not sure but I feel there are good things right over the horizon. Hopefully in 2030 (when I retire) I will know I made the right decision and I'll look at this furlough as being no big deal. I know for certain that I like flying passengers during the day better than flying boxes at night. That part won’t change.

 

[USNFDX]

Hey Dick,

Did I miss what airline you are currently furloughed from? To be honest about the situation you need to let us know the facts. Also where do you live (commuter or in domcile)?

Thanks in advance,

USNFDX

 

[sandman2122]

Some of the wives at my AF base would casually ask my wife "when I was going to work for a real airline?" WTF

 

[PurpleTail]

Yea, but who is laughing now ...them

I hate that question too.

 

[b727captain]

In a previous life I flew freight in the middle if the night as B727 captain and I hated that question..."when are you going to be good enough to fly passengers on a commerical airline?" Made me feel as if I was not good enough or something...well I am trying like hell to get hired by Fed Ex so I can have a secure livelyhood...its about job security and qauility of life! Not about whats in the back of the airplane...

 

[Falconjet]

Some answers

A couple of answers to questions posed in the discussion above:

I agree with Goose, I'm not sure why you would need to send a cover letter to FedEx, but if you do I would try this address:

Flight Administration Operations
Flight Training Building
Pilot Recruitment
Delivery Code 3211
3040 Independent Road
Memphis, TN 38118

You might want to address it to John Ryder or Kim Daniels.

Subic pay: first year pay is first year pay, but if you could hold the bus in Subic your first year you would make $51.69 per hour plus the international override of $4.50 per hour. No second year pay though, until the second year when it would go up to $117 per hour plus the override. As active herk mentioned, its unlikely that you could hold Subic as a new hire anyway. I'm hoping things pick up here but I've been here over two years now and still couldn't hold Subic in the last seat bid. Your mileage may vary.

FJ