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Old 09-26-2010, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Tractor Bob
Word from the ACP in the great white north is we will be 1000 pilots short when the Flag/rest rules take effect. A very juicy rumor. I didn't even make it up.
I believe he said "... if the new FAA Crew Rest rules were enacted today ... we'd be short 1000 pilots."
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I believe he said "... if the new FAA Crew Rest rules were enacted today ... we'd be short 1000 pilots."

Dagnabit - there ya go throwin out facts to screw up a good rumor
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Old 09-27-2010, 07:34 AM
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Anybody know how much notice is given for a class date? Do you still think it will be January? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jetstar1
Anybody know how much notice is given for a class date? Do you still think it will be January? Thanks in advance for your help.
1. I had 3 days notice. 2. I wouldn't be suprised to see it happening "early" next year.
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There was a guy in our class that had a -2 hour notice. Someone didn't show up that morning and they called him at the first break.
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Old 09-27-2010, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by jetstar1
Anybody know how much notice is given for a class date? Do you still think it will be January? Thanks in advance for your help.
Jan is their plan --- for internal pilots (...professional instructors and corporate pilots who have fulfilled their committments to those departments).

I think those guys will have plenty of notice, because their managers have to backfill their slots.

External hiring from the "current pool" may not happen until Feb or even March --- and my guess is 2-4 weeks notice for those guys.

The real unkown is when will the meet-n-greets and interviews start again for pilots not in the current pool.

There will be a need for at least 90-100 new hire pilots next year.
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Old 09-27-2010, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by DLax85
Jan is their plan --- for internal pilots (...professional instructors and corporate pilots who have fulfilled their committments to those departments).

I think those guys will have plenty of notice, because their managers have to backfill their slots.

External hiring from the "current pool" may not happen until Feb or even March --- and my guess is 2-4 weeks notice for those guys.

The real unkown is when will the meet-n-greets and interviews start again for pilots not in the current pool.

There will be a need for at least 90-100 new hire pilots next year.
In an almost identical situation (long hiring drought, Pro instructors well past completing commitment,) the 8 pros in my class had Thursday afternoon calls for a Monday class. They even asked if I could stop by hiring office on
Friday, because they could not get the offer letter to me by Fedex prior to class starting (prior to Fedex Saturday delivery service.)
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Old 09-27-2010, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by DLax85
The real unkown is when will the meet-n-greets and interviews start again for pilots not in the current pool.

There will be a need for at least 90-100 new hire pilots next year.
The meet-n-greet is dead. Straight from O.
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Old 09-27-2010, 01:04 PM
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FDXLAG - thanks for the reply

Busdrivr - sorry my questions irritated you. I did do a search before asking my questions. The results varied between FedEx pilots dying 5 years after retirement, a long discussion on soylent green and a 2006 retirement schedule that doesn't make sense considering other post that FedEx has one of the oldest pilot groups in the industry.
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Old 09-27-2010, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MX727
There was a guy in our class that had a -2 hour notice. Someone didn't show up that morning and they called him at the first break.
He's retired now though!
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