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navyflyer said:
I can't imagine ANYBODY doing this, but, could you imagine?

Dumba$$: "Hello"

KD: "Hello, Mr. Jones, this is KD from Fedex Express, how're you today?"

DA: "Fine, KD, how're you?"

KD: "Great, thanks for asking. The reason I'm calling is that we are happy to offer you a class starting in two weeks on the MD-11, based out of ANC."

DA: "ANC? What?"

KD: "Is that a problem?"

DA: "Ah...well, I was hoping to be based in MEM."

KD: "Well, ANC is where we would like to offer you a FO position."

DA: "KD, I hate to do this, but, I'm going to have to pass on that offer and wait for a MEM slot. I sure do appreciate the call though."

KD: "Ah....OK....well, don't call us, we'll call you when we have a slot available." Click...
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This was forwarded by a friend of a friend.

"JL and KD spoke to the [newhire] class Monday (5/22), and relayed the story of the guy offered MD-11/Anchorage, and he turned it down saying he would take another class, his wife didn't want Anchorage. He won't be getting a call back!"

MORON!!!

No thanks KD. I'll take door #2 please!
 
Quiet Flight said:
This was forwarded by a friend of a friend.

"JL and KD spoke to the [newhire] class Monday (5/22), and relayed the story of the guy offered MD-11/Anchorage, and he turned it down saying he would take another class, his wife didn't want Anchorage. He won't be getting a call back!"

MORON!!!

No thanks KD. I'll take door #2 please!
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I bet the chilling realization of lost opportunity is worst than any ANC winter...

I'm thinking of baldy Howie saying....

Deal? or No Deal?


Looks like the interview process is in full effect..... till when? How about after probation......
 
Rez O. Lewshun said:
I bet the chilling realization of lost opportunity is worst than any ANC winter...

I'm thinking of baldy Howie saying....

Deal? or No Deal?


Looks like the interview process is in full effect..... till when? How about after probation......
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Dudes,

I live in Alaska and this place is awesome. It is not for the types who complain about everything, but if you are an easy going guy or gal you will love it here.

Fish Alaska
 
uhh moron. but if fedex is short for federal express, why are you calling it federal express express?

and fedex express is the "express" delivery of federal express. but the company itself is called fedex, or federal express.

moron
 
Ok cheese-dick, let's try to simplify it for you.

Fred Smith figured out that everyone called Federal Express "FedEx". Instead of forcing everyone to say his old name he embraced the new name.

At the time a lot of complicated stuff happened (companies, contracts, lots of numbers and words that you are incapable of understanding).

The end result was several companies under the "FedEx" banner.

This is why your pea-size brain sees FedEx Ground and FedEx Frieght trucks on the road. Each one is a separate company, wholly owned by FedEx.

The fast-delivery service that everyone is used to became FedEx Express. They even painted it on the airplanes.

So despite your obtuse attempts to prove otherwise, FedEx Express means rapid delivery by an airplane. All of your other rants mean nothing.

And if by _big_al_ you actually mean small underperforming AL then you are also correct!
 
pilot141 said:
Ok cheese-dick, let's try to simplify it for you.

Fred Smith figured out that everyone called Federal Express "FedEx". Instead of forcing everyone to say his old name he embraced the new name.

At the time a lot of complicated stuff happened (companies, contracts, lots of numbers and words that you are incapable of understanding).

The end result was several companies under the "FedEx" banner.

This is why your pea-size brain sees FedEx Ground and FedEx Frieght trucks on the road. Each one is a separate company, wholly owned by FedEx.

The fast-delivery service that everyone is used to became FedEx Express. They even painted it on the airplanes.

So despite your obtuse attempts to prove otherwise, FedEx Express means rapid delivery by an airplane. All of your other rants mean nothing.

And if by _big_al_ you actually mean small underperforming AL then you are also correct!
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Big Al pwned
 
Ace McCoy said:
Won't get a call back...like he is no longer hired? Out of the pool for good?

Ouch.
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Ace - Yep. As in "thanks for playing. Good luck at truck driving school". Granted this is all second and third hand info, but apparently they (JL/KD) were pretty adamant about it. He is done. Who knows? Maybe his sponsor has some weight and can get him a pass. Not that he deserves one. I told my wife about this and she gave me the classic YGBSM face. She knows how hard I/we have worked to get here and would NEVER jam me up like that. It's all part of the career/lifestyle. Plus my guess is he could have bid out of there in a couple of years max pretty easily. Can you imagine the guilt his wife feels and the loathing he has developed for her as she torpedoed his dream job?

VaB - What the heck is SLOJ??
 
wow, you people responding to me are even more pathetic than I thought. Fedex Express is the "express" delivery name for one of their options. The COMPANY NAME is called fedex, or federal express. If somebody in HR calls you and says they work for fedex express, they obviously have no idea what their company name is and probably just got out of college.
 
I saw a group of guys in the AOC yesterday with "Purple Nugget" shirts. They looked like they were having a little fun with that ridiculous term - good for them. One guy was "Purple Nugget Caboose." Must have been the early May new hire class.
 
big_al said:
wow, you people responding to me are even more pathetic than I thought. Fedex Express is the "express" delivery name for one of their options. The COMPANY NAME is called fedex, or federal express. If somebody in HR calls you and says they work for fedex express, they obviously have no idea what their company name is and probably just got out of college.
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Wrong again Skippy. FedEx is the CORPORATION. FedEx Express is ONE of the INDEPENDENT COMPANIES under the FedEx corporate umbrella.

This is straight from the fedex.com web site (italics added):
"FedEx Corporation provides strategic leadership and consolidated financial reporting for the independent companies that make up today's FedEx: FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Services, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Trade Networks, FedEx Supply Chain Services and FedEx Services."
 
Ace McCoy said:
Won't get a call back...like he is no longer hired? Out of the pool for good?

Ouch.
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Another example of the fact that you are not "hired" until you are sitting in a classroom with an ID badge and an employee number.

FJ
 
Have you ever heard and Asian try and Pronounce "Federal Express"?
Japan: fedellarr expallessu
Philippines: Pederallllllllllllllllll exparesh
Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand: ferr espeh

I think they changed the corporate name when international expansion required a more business lingua-franca-friendly name. Call me crazy.
 
Hugh, I'm coughing up coffee reading your asian-phonics version of Federal Express. Well done.
 
I was told that you really should know who you are applying to work for so make sure your resume says FedEx Express.

If that is where you want to work.
 
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I was told that you really should know who you are applying to work for so make sure your resume says FedEx Express.

If that is where you want to work
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I put "Federal Express" on my resume and it worked just fine. Don't think that is going to make or break anyone.

Here I am, taking part in hijacking a perfectly good thread.
 
I put FedEx on my resume and I'm in the pool. Be accurate, professional and neat and I guess they don't kick you to the curb for not putting "Express" on there. They do pour over the numbers and where you've been (in my case with a highlighter). Expect them to know about or have even been in some of the jobs you've done (mine did and had).
 
At some airlines, i.e. AA and UAL, it seemed as if the company was more interested in how the app and resume are filled out (like at AA you had to complete the App in a #2 lead pencil, etc.) at FedEx they are more interested in the content of the app. They do read the resumes very closely, but only for content that describes the kind of experience (aviation and personal) that the candidate has. This opinion based upon meet n' greet experience.
 
JerkyHerky said:
...at FedEx they are more interested in the content of the app. They do read the resumes very closely, but only for content that describes the kind of experience (aviation and personal) that the candidate has. This opinion based upon meet n' greet experience.
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I agree, but I think if you went into an interview, and kept calling the company "Federal Express" vice "FedEx," the interviewers would wonder how much you had looked into the company.
 
In my opinion, I think the interviewers are looking at your communication skills, verification of your experience, and ability to play nice with others on a 10 day trip. If you can quote the history of FedEx from the time Fred Smith wrote his term paper to the beginning in Little Rock and beyond, that's great but not what I think they are looking for. I have been wrong before but that's my guess....
 

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