Hello, my name is (not really) Dinger, and I am an alcoh.......sorry wrong group.....I am a civilian pilot.
I was interviewed in December. I must not have put my best foot forward, however, I was CALLED for an interview.
As was posted, I went to MEM and had my sponsor walk me into ops and was introduced to some key individuals. We planned the trip a couple of weeks in advance and my sponsor was in contact with the individuals that I was to meet. The meeting needs to be as scheduled as possible due to their very busy schedules. After all of that scheduling, expect to have a few changes due to unscheduled requirements of their time.
Also.........very important.......make sure your sponsor is familiar with the "sponsor" program. We got caught a little off guard on this one. Shortly after I was introduced, I was asked to give them a little "privacy" while my sponsor was asked a few questions. It turns out that the sponor actually gets a little bit of an interview on the spot as to why he/she feels that you would fit in at FedEx and why he/she chose to sponsor you when there are endless numbers of qualified pilots wanting to work there. I believe the process is pretty well known now, but just make sure your sponsor is up to speed on it.
My point of this post is to show that a civilian pilot with less than 5k (although I have some wide-body heavy int'l time) got a call early in the game. I did not get a job offer, however, there were a few civies that did in my group...........there were also quite a few military guys (KC-10, KC-135 etc.) that did NOT get an offer. Read into it what you want, but the numbers for my group were pretty much down the middle civie vs. military.
I was interviewed in December. I must not have put my best foot forward, however, I was CALLED for an interview.
As was posted, I went to MEM and had my sponsor walk me into ops and was introduced to some key individuals. We planned the trip a couple of weeks in advance and my sponsor was in contact with the individuals that I was to meet. The meeting needs to be as scheduled as possible due to their very busy schedules. After all of that scheduling, expect to have a few changes due to unscheduled requirements of their time.
Also.........very important.......make sure your sponsor is familiar with the "sponsor" program. We got caught a little off guard on this one. Shortly after I was introduced, I was asked to give them a little "privacy" while my sponsor was asked a few questions. It turns out that the sponor actually gets a little bit of an interview on the spot as to why he/she feels that you would fit in at FedEx and why he/she chose to sponsor you when there are endless numbers of qualified pilots wanting to work there. I believe the process is pretty well known now, but just make sure your sponsor is up to speed on it.
My point of this post is to show that a civilian pilot with less than 5k (although I have some wide-body heavy int'l time) got a call early in the game. I did not get a job offer, however, there were a few civies that did in my group...........there were also quite a few military guys (KC-10, KC-135 etc.) that did NOT get an offer. Read into it what you want, but the numbers for my group were pretty much down the middle civie vs. military.
