FedEx Pilot Shortage

[P3tarbaby]

Heard today that they may be upping training to 24 per month...that came from a couple of instructors in the training dept.

 

[FN FAL]

No. I'm not slamming on the new hires. I am sure that they are excellent quality folks themselves. By the company not looking at the entire cadre of available talent, they are surely passing on some excellent fits to the FEDEX company mold that other companies will most certainly benefit from over time.


Just my thoughts.

JV

Good luck to you johnnyV, your profile indicates that you should be just about ripe for any Major or National...sucks that industry is what it is right now, but you should find a good place for your self in this industry.

I think to a certain degree that FedEx does care about looking at the entire cadre (of qualified applicants). A friend of mine was a 46 year old retired "tweety bird" instructor and had to get some civilian time before Fedex took him on...but he made it.

It really appears to me when I bump into the FedEx crews, that the new hires look so sharp it's freaking intimidating. I don't think they have a problem with quality. I see what you are saying about letting some quality guys go by the way, but they can't hire everybody.

I must say, they hire quite a diverse bunch over there. I recently ran into a 727 Captain that totally reminded me of Mad Max's boss in the original movie...Yea, handle bar mustache, bald head, taller than a freak and just a...a big damm friendly pilot dude. Really cool guy. He treated us feeder pukes as if we were his own guys. We had to stop him from putting on a pot of coffee for us...no lie.

Some of the crews are a little bit more reserved than others, but when you catch them in break room, 99 percent will say hello.

Good luck to you JohnnyV!

 

[AA717driver]

Disclaimer: I'm a pathological lurker who only posts when I'm really friggin' drunk.

Welcome aboard! You'll fit in juuuussst fine!

Hey, don't feel bad, I get pissed off because SWA won't hire anyone BUT military. Face it, HR has no real connection to the world of aviation. They just pull stuff out of their A$$es! Good luck.TC

P.S.--I've been drunk on and off for the last couple of days. We have people in for the Brickyard 400. Say, who won anyway?

 

[350DRIVER]

Welcome aboard! You'll fit in juuuussst fine!

Hey, don't feel bad, I get pissed off because SWA won't hire anyone BUT military. Face it, HR has no real connection to the world of aviation. They just pull stuff out of their A$$es! Good luck.TC

P.S.--I've been drunk on and off for the last couple of days. We have people in for the Brickyard 400. Say, who won anyway?

Jeff Gordon, pretty impressive performance to say the least.

Did Simon bring some "big boys" in for the race?


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[Hugh Jorgan]

Ya'll better look out when they roll out that there new 'leven car all purty and purple and orange.