Commute to FedEx vs Legacy in base
07-03-2021, 06:53 PM
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Can I ask you what it is you normally fly? Would you commute? Are you a weekends off, QOL, max-pay, or have a preference for international or domestic? This would help me describe an attainable schedule as a 1-4 year pilot. After that, you’re choosing to be junior. In this hiring boom at least.
For me it’s all about QOL and time at home. I’m already making more as a regional captain than I did as a cop in FL. So Fedex pay is money I can’t really comprehend. Used to work 7pm to 7am so I’ll take whatever. I’m sure hub night turns gets old but it’s probably better than 4-5 leg days in an RJ.
I figure DHs out of CLT would make commuting very easy. Plus I can get to GSO inside 2 hrs.
07-04-2021, 08:15 AM
#32
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Currently live in CLT and really like it. The wife and I would entertain IND because she has friends there. She’s a pediatric nurse so we have to be near a city with a kids hospital. Obviously MEM has st. Jude but Levine in IND is her old stomping grounds.
For me it’s all about QOL and time at home. I’m already making more as a regional captain than I did as a cop in FL. So Fedex pay is money I can’t really comprehend. Used to work 7pm to 7am so I’ll take whatever. I’m sure hub night turns gets old but it’s probably better than 4-5 leg days in an RJ.
I figure DHs out of CLT would make commuting very easy. Plus I can get to GSO inside 2 hrs.
For me it’s all about QOL and time at home. I’m already making more as a regional captain than I did as a cop in FL. So Fedex pay is money I can’t really comprehend. Used to work 7pm to 7am so I’ll take whatever. I’m sure hub night turns gets old but it’s probably better than 4-5 leg days in an RJ.
I figure DHs out of CLT would make commuting very easy. Plus I can get to GSO inside 2 hrs.
07-04-2021, 09:26 AM
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From where I’m sitting it sounds like you would be best served, at least initially, by trying to get the 757 in MEM. Many of the east coast DDH trips begin with a MEM-CLT leg and you could connect with the DH, that makes it convenient. GSO is a win for you too. Seniority progression is quickest on the 757, so you would not need to commute long. Live at home in CLT, forget Indy for now, and you’ll be living large. I started on the 757 as a commuter and with some seniority it has really been good. I make decent money without working my tail off and the home city deadheads buy me a few days a month at home, paid. Good luck. Do you have an interview?
No interview yet. I’ve had a couple Fedex pilots look at my resume and say I’d be a perfect fit. It’s just getting the invite. I have 1 P.E.
So just chipping away at PIC time, maybe add LCA if they’ll take me. Plus studying RST during down time since I hear day 1 is rough.
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