C-17->Majors
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Time out...
Lots of FedEx pilots have gotten their foot in the door by throwing boxes at their local hub or airport, working as a courier, accepting packages behind the desk at a customer service center, etc. Those little FotoMat FedEx service centers are all over the country. We have facilities at nearly any descent sized airport with scheduled commercial service.
A bunch of the ramp workers are at FedEx because it is one of the few part-time jobs with benefits. Many are contract employees during the day and work at FedEx at night for health insurance. Not a bad idea for furloughed airline folks is it? After six months and with the minimum qualifications you can get an interview. Of course that doesn't necessarily get you the job.
A senior pilot currently doing management duties told me the other night that we now have 13,000 applications on file. Unless you know someone much more senior than me, you statistically have little chance of getting a call. However, I do know one way to get an interview...internally.
No, this is not how I got my foot in the door, but if the tiny town in Oklahoma where I was last stationed had a single FedEx worker there, I would have fought for their job.
According to the grape vine, hiring will likely continue. Our big retirements start in just a few years.
Keep the faith.
Lots of FedEx pilots have gotten their foot in the door by throwing boxes at their local hub or airport, working as a courier, accepting packages behind the desk at a customer service center, etc. Those little FotoMat FedEx service centers are all over the country. We have facilities at nearly any descent sized airport with scheduled commercial service.
A bunch of the ramp workers are at FedEx because it is one of the few part-time jobs with benefits. Many are contract employees during the day and work at FedEx at night for health insurance. Not a bad idea for furloughed airline folks is it? After six months and with the minimum qualifications you can get an interview. Of course that doesn't necessarily get you the job.
A senior pilot currently doing management duties told me the other night that we now have 13,000 applications on file. Unless you know someone much more senior than me, you statistically have little chance of getting a call. However, I do know one way to get an interview...internally.
No, this is not how I got my foot in the door, but if the tiny town in Oklahoma where I was last stationed had a single FedEx worker there, I would have fought for their job.
According to the grape vine, hiring will likely continue. Our big retirements start in just a few years.
Keep the faith.