Freightpuppy

Say these are your times...

Civilian
5300 TT
1500 PIC Turbine (750 turboprop, 750 RJ)
1750 RJ time

3 recommendations and a visit for the meet and greet with your sponsor.

Assuming you didn't completely make a you know what out of yourself in the meet and greet, what are the chances to get an interview at FedEx with those times? Whaddya all think? Thanks.

iarapilot

I would say those times are more than enough. Certainly more than a lot of our present pilots had when they got hired.

Jetjok

That's plenty of flight time and the meet and greet is a big plus. My question back to you would be: has the sponsor or any of the guys recommending this fellow actually flown with him (or her)? If not, I believe, the recommendations will carry less weight. As well, it's been my good fortune to have gotten 4 guys on board here, and I can tell you it's all about perseverance. Perseverance from the sponsor mostly. He needs to touch base with his ACP fairly often, each time bringing up his sponsored guys name. This has worked for me in all cases. Don't be a pain in the butt, but do be persistent. The above having been said, I truly don't know how the new hiring system will work, what with our new Chief Pilot, but I can say that life in general is less about knowledge and more about guts, timing, and persistence.

As a side note, having a good relationship with your ACP can pay dividends, in lots of ways, the sponsorship process being one of them.

Magenta Line

Tough to say, that zero guy has yet to define how he's going to do hiring. Based on what JL did in the past, those times should be good and the convention you describe would normally work, but there's a new sheriff in town and, to the best of my knowledge, he has not put his stamp on the hiring process.

As a side note, I had heard from an ACP a few months ago that the process would change and there would be more emphasis on the sponsor.

Bohica

You guys trying to corner the freight market there Mega?

Pilot7576

megapuppy....

You just can't wait a bit longer to tie the knot? He gets hired there he goes to paris or hong kong...long way to go for conjugal visits..lol...

good luck in either case...

7576

Freightpuppy

Oh man, I am waiting as long as it takes but there's no guarantee either will call him. I figure FedEx would be slightly better since then all of our eggs won't be in one basket, know what I mean?

Freightpuppy

Hell yeah!

Freightpuppy

Actually all 3 recommendations would have been people he has flown with.

fedupbusdriver

I can attest to the perseverance part. When I got hired 10 yrs ago, I went into my interview and both guys said, " We sure are glad to meet you. Now we won't be getting emails and phone calls from Jxxx Bxxxxx every day!"

Thanks again Jxxx!!!!!