Flying for FedEx?
01-26-2012, 12:47 PM
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Yeah, I knew what you meant. It would be tough if i was getting furloughed in that I will be limited with no turbine PIC. And the way things are looking, at least another 5-7 years to the most junior CA upgrade here at AA (I celebrate my 12th year here next month.)
Thanks again for all the Fedex intel, you guys sound like a kick a$$ pilot group!
Thanks again for all the Fedex intel, you guys sound like a kick a$$ pilot group!
01-26-2012, 03:10 PM
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I'm surprised to hear anyone (in this day and age) could end up in the right seat of a 121 carrier without some kind (RJ, turboprop, military?) of turbine PIC time!*?
01-26-2012, 03:40 PM
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Funny story, I actually got my ATP in 2008 when I checked out on the 75/76... AA started typing all F/Os anytime they checked out on a new aircraft... you need an ATP for a type rating... so they had to have a Fed in the sim on my checkride, which became an ATP checkride. It was kind of embarrassing, to say the least.
01-26-2012, 06:02 PM
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Been in the right seat of a 121 carrier since 1990, they were called commuters back then. 10 years later I had finally made it to a large 121 airline. I had to "hang out" at the commuter to make sure I had the 1000 turbine PIC before moving on, upgrades were SLOW.
Which brings me to a highly "unbalanced" experience in terms of time in seat.
Without a current logbook to reference, I would estimate 12000 total. With over 10000 of that as turbine SIC (jet & prop).
So there are surely some RJ Captains with half as much total time as myself ... but they have 5 times the turbine PIC in half that time. Who would FedEx hire ?
By now it doesn't matter anymore, I am old and untrainable after UPS ...
01-26-2012, 07:42 PM
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01-26-2012, 09:34 PM
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Some of us were dealt some very different cards throughout the 1990s ...
Been in the right seat of a 121 carrier since 1990, they were called commuters back then. 10 years later I had finally made it to a large 121 airline. I had to "hang out" at the commuter to make sure I had the 1000 turbine PIC before moving on, upgrades were SLOW.
Which brings me to a highly "unbalanced" experience in terms of time in seat.
Without a current logbook to reference, I would estimate 12000 total. With over 10000 of that as turbine SIC (jet & prop).
So there are surely some RJ Captains with half as much total time as myself ... but they have 5 times the turbine PIC in half that time. Who would FedEx hire ?
By now it doesn't matter anymore, I am old and untrainable after UPS ...
Been in the right seat of a 121 carrier since 1990, they were called commuters back then. 10 years later I had finally made it to a large 121 airline. I had to "hang out" at the commuter to make sure I had the 1000 turbine PIC before moving on, upgrades were SLOW.
Which brings me to a highly "unbalanced" experience in terms of time in seat.
Without a current logbook to reference, I would estimate 12000 total. With over 10000 of that as turbine SIC (jet & prop).
So there are surely some RJ Captains with half as much total time as myself ... but they have 5 times the turbine PIC in half that time. Who would FedEx hire ?
By now it doesn't matter anymore, I am old and untrainable after UPS ...
Seems like there is always the ole catch 22 in this industry. I never have understood what is so magical about 1000 PIC turbine.
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