More New Hires at FedEx

[FlyBoeingJets]

I've got a bud asking me lots of questions. He starts here shortly at our illustrious Purple airline, and all this contract/strike talk on flightinfo has got him pretty wigged out. I'm still a probationary dude and don't have the answers to his questions, but what happens to the new hires in class if the rock fight escalates into marching? Are the new hires ALPA? Do they skip class? Stay in class, get trained, and then join us? Anyone?

Part of this is easy to answer. When do FedEx pilots get a line number? First day of class, first flight, or after checkout? Once you have a number you will stay senior to those hired after you.

Marching orders should consider the above.

 

[Jeepman]

So if you don't have any military experience, don't know anyone at FDX, and all you have is 121 and 135 experience your chances go waaaaayyyyy down for getting hired right?

 

[TonyC]

When do FedEx pilots get a line number? First day of class, first flight, or after checkout?

Day one of Basic Indoctrination.

So if you don't have any military experience, don't know anyone at FDX, and all you have is 121 and 135 experience your chances go waaaaayyyyy down for getting hired right?

Let me edit that to make it a true statement:

So if you don't know anyone at FDX, your chances go waaaaayyyyy down for getting hired!







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[FedExFlyer]

So if you don't know anyone at FDX, your chances go waaaaayyyyy down for getting hired!



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I'd say your chances are pretty much nil if you don't know someone at FDX AND have flown with them. I tried to sign up a guy for meet-n-greet and was given the thumbs down because I hadn't flown with him. I know there are exceptions to the rule out there but fewer and fewer exceptions these days.

 

[b727captain]

A buddy of mine tried to set up a meet & greet with Jack Lewis office in MEM but since I only have one letter of rec not the three...I was told they where not willing to meet with me. I have all the quailifactions and some B727 PIC time, FO & FE in B727...yet I do not make the cut, since I do not 3 LOR's. Please, no flame bait here, just how can I get an opportunity to present myself?

 

[dixieflyer]

Sounds like you answered your own question. Your gonna need two more LORs.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

A buddy of mine tried to set up a meet & greet with Jack Lewis office in MEM but since I only have one letter of rec not the three...I was told they where not willing to meet with me. I have all the quailifactions and some B727 PIC time, FO & FE in B727...yet I do not make the cut, since I do not 3 LOR's. Please, no flame bait here, just how can I get an opportunity to present myself?

How about UPS or Astar?

 

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Do they have to be internal LOR from current pilots, or can a retiree submit one also?

 

[Mr Zog]

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That is an utterly ridiculous thing to say. Do you even have any idea what the backgrounds were of the pilots involved in ANY of our hull losses? The DC-10 that burned in Newburgh? The MD-11 that rolled at Newark? The MD-11 that swam in Subic? The 727 that landed short in Tallahassee? The MD-10 that went "4-wheelin'" in Memphis? If civilian pilots is the answer to the problem, then I suppose the last one didn't really happen.



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The Newburgh pilots landed and stopped safely. Got off the plane and when the fire department in their infinite wisdom decided to open the cargo door and let all that air in, that is when the plane burned to the ground. The crew did an awesome job. Don't know if they were civilian or military? The guy who made the comment about "lawn darts" will never get hired by anyone anyways. Terrible attitude.

 

[satpak77]

I want to say that I recall an article or something that the Capt was ex-military and had a fire related incident in the military, and this was added "reason" he hauled azz and landed, since he had personal experience before

UNLIKE SwissAir

 

[FedEx1]

If you don't know anyone at Fedex, you have to go out and meet them yourself! I have a buddy that only knew me and one other guy at Fedex. We even looked in the pilot seniority list to see if he might know someone else, with no luck. His background is corporate, so the networking is even tougher.

However, he owns a pretty cool airplane, a Pitts. He found out there was a Fedex pilot in the area, and got an intorduction by someone else at the airport that he kept his plane at. He took him for some flight lessons in the Pitts (gratis of course!) and got the third letter.

I know it is kind of a stretch, and most of you out there don't have planes to try to bribe Fedex pilots into. (And I am sure the company wants the flying together to be from an airline or the military.) But it did count!! The CP loved the fact that he was so proactive in getting that third letter. He got his CP intro, and hopefully an interview soon.

If you want it, you will find a way- try getting in on the Corporate side, try getting on as a Professional Instructor, try tossing some boxes. This industry has two degrees of separation- you MUST know someone that knows someone here. Meet those people!!

 

[TonyC]

The Newburgh pilots landed and stopped safely. Got off the plane and when the fire department in their infinite wisdom decided to open the cargo door and let all that air in, that is when the plane burned to the ground. The crew did an awesome job. Don't know if they were civilian or military? The guy who made the comment about "lawn darts" will never get hired by anyone anyways. Terrible attitude.

Thanks, Mr Zog. I listed our hull losses by way of challenging nightrider's assertion that we were pointing airplanes at the ground because of the lack of civilian experience among our ranks. I doubt he knows any specifics about any of the hull losses, much less about the crew makeup or their experience. I do. His statement was idiotic.






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[skykid]

Can't get your foot in the door without connections - how is that different from any other airline that is hiring? FedEx has the luxury of being in a position to have present employees vouch for applicates - how dare they?! It makes much more sense to hire Joe blow off the street because he's got the same identical qualifications as everyone else and was able to fill out a tricky online application.

 

[Osmosis]

any idea on the planes they will get?

Back to one of the original questions... has anyone heard the official breakdown from yesterday? Just wondering what might be offered next week for our class. Not that I really care, just a bit curious. I am just happy to have my foot in the door.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

If you don't know anyone at Fedex, you have to go out and meet them yourself! I have a buddy that only knew me and one other guy at Fedex. We even looked in the pilot seniority list to see if he might know someone else, with no luck. His background is corporate, so the networking is even tougher.

However, he owns a pretty cool airplane, a Pitts. He found out there was a Fedex pilot in the area, and got an intorduction by someone else at the airport that he kept his plane at. He took him for some flight lessons in the Pitts (gratis of course!) and got the third letter.

I know it is kind of a stretch, and most of you out there don't have planes to try to bribe Fedex pilots into. (And I am sure the company wants the flying together to be from an airline or the military.) But it did count!! The CP loved the fact that he was so proactive in getting that third letter. He got his CP intro, and hopefully an interview soon.

If you want it, you will find a way- try getting in on the Corporate side, try getting on as a Professional Instructor, try tossing some boxes. This industry has two degrees of separation- you MUST know someone that knows someone here. Meet those people!!

I think this can be classified as PFT. Management loves PFT.