FDX--Why aren't we hiring?
05-16-2014, 11:36 AM
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Freight volume has been picking up, and speaking for the MD11 which was going to supposedly need an excess:
Most guys I know on reserve are flying close to or over RLG
Last months secondary target was well over BLG
Minimal buy ups
400ish versus the historical 300ish flying lines in the bid pack for less than 600 FOs.
I don't see an excess and given the shortage on the 757 training letter coupled with our not so fast acceptance of 767s I don't see how we can avoid hiring b4 peak.
Couple that with hopefully OUR collective desire to NOT fly draft, & NOT sell vacation etc due to our frustration over the pace of negotiations...I think we r in for an interesting peak if we don't hire & soon.
Factor in any extra retirements and it's game on...I agree with Wildmanny, I think the company is gonna get caught with its pants around its ankles
05-16-2014, 01:34 PM
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I'm not so sure on this. I think we are much thinner than advertised
Freight volume has been picking up, and speaking for the MD11 which was going to supposedly need an excess:
Most guys I know on reserve are flying close to or over RLG
Last months secondary target was well over BLG
Minimal buy ups
400ish versus the historical 300ish flying lines in the bid pack for less than 600 FOs.
I don't see an excess and given the shortage on the 757 training letter coupled with our not so fast acceptance of 767s I don't see how we can avoid hiring b4 peak.
Couple that with hopefully OUR collective desire to NOT fly draft, & NOT sell vacation etc due to our frustration over the pace of negotiations...I think we r in for an interesting peak if we don't hire & soon.
Factor in any extra retirements and it's game on...I agree with Wildmanny, I think the company is gonna get caught with its pants around its ankles
Freight volume has been picking up, and speaking for the MD11 which was going to supposedly need an excess:
Most guys I know on reserve are flying close to or over RLG
Last months secondary target was well over BLG
Minimal buy ups
400ish versus the historical 300ish flying lines in the bid pack for less than 600 FOs.
I don't see an excess and given the shortage on the 757 training letter coupled with our not so fast acceptance of 767s I don't see how we can avoid hiring b4 peak.
Couple that with hopefully OUR collective desire to NOT fly draft, & NOT sell vacation etc due to our frustration over the pace of negotiations...I think we r in for an interesting peak if we don't hire & soon.
Factor in any extra retirements and it's game on...I agree with Wildmanny, I think the company is gonna get caught with its pants around its ankles
05-16-2014, 01:46 PM
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As a regional guy on the outside looking in, I don't think FDX will have a shortage of applicants for a very long time. Maybe you won't get the military prototype you want, but I know plenty that would give a kidney to work for your company. One Captain told me a few years ago, that he'd rather get a job at FedEx than win 5mil in the lottery. I think in a decade there will be competition for the most qualified people, but certainly not today.
05-16-2014, 02:05 PM
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Sorry, Gunpig. I should have said "Sarcasm!" with a smiley and if they had a rolling eyes face, I would have used that. We are NOT overmanned and how I know this...they (them) are telling us that it is so.
05-16-2014, 08:41 PM
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05-16-2014, 08:43 PM
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As a regional guy on the outside looking in, I don't think FDX will have a shortage of applicants for a very long time. Maybe you won't get the military prototype you want, but I know plenty that would give a kidney to work for your company. One Captain told me a few years ago, that he'd rather get a job at FedEx than win 5mil in the lottery. I think in a decade there will be competition for the most qualified people, but certainly not today.
05-16-2014, 09:02 PM
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As a regional guy on the outside looking in, I don't think FDX will have a shortage of applicants for a very long time. Maybe you won't get the military prototype you want, but I know plenty that would give a kidney to work for your company. One Captain told me a few years ago, that he'd rather get a job at FedEx than win 5mil in the lottery. I think in a decade there will be competition for the most qualified people, but certainly not today.
Though I agree, right now there will be no shortage of applicants.
05-16-2014, 09:36 PM
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"This thread has been a long time in the making for me. I mean to pose the question not in the sense of the short term (I know, I know...we're overmanned. It's the ongoing Vacation cancellations that have me confused, but whatever.), but in the longer term (3-5 years out)."
One word: drones.
One word: drones.
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