busdriver12

Hey, congratulations to you! I hope your interview goes well, and you get hired. Then you can come on this board and complain like the rest of us.

MilHeavyTester

So if I were retiring from the Military in 18 months, should I put my app in now? Or is that too far out? On that note, how far out is too far...or is that not something to worry about? Is the standard advice just get your app in and let the company decide.

matty

Put your app in now. The window closes often. If you're in, you can update even if the window is closed.

They ask for your availability date when you fill it out...so get it in now before the window closes.

LT Dan

I had my app in for 12 years... Just kept updating and finally got "the call" a month ago. Get it in.

CODs4ever

12 years? You must have started applying back when FedEx charged $75 or something like that to apply (before pilotcredentials.com ???)

Herkpilot

Most recent FDX class: 35 pilots-2 hired as pro instructors, 33 hired to the line. 70% military experience. 30%- a smattering of other types. 13 were hand picked for the MD-11 due to C-17 or any MD experience. Seniority for them was based on last four of SSN- highest number was best seniority number. Of the 20 remaining- 3-767, 4-757, 1-777, 12-Bus. Picked based on last four of SSN- highest chose first. All planes were to MEM.

One from AA, one from UAL, one from SWA- people are making the decision based on personal / family choice.

VP of Ops: 206 will retire in '16- confirmed.
7k current and qualified apps on file.
Window is open- apply and update often. Don't apply and you can't update while 'waiting in line.'
Expect 30+ per month each month for the rest of the year. (All subject to change I'm sure....)
Lots of blue suits each day in the lobby.
How people got the job? The overwhelming answer was: 'networking.'
Some waited years for the opportunity- some only a couple of months.

Best of luck!

f10a

App has been updated regularly since 2000 after a 1st attempt at a their astronaut interview. At least 8 recs and plenty of MD and B time but only silence. Almost ready to throw the towel in and move on to more lucrative options outside of flying, but happy for some of buds getting the call while slaving away at other legacies..

Albief15

I helped my sponsoree back in 07/08. He finally got called in 2015. (Shows the impressive pull and credibility I bring as sponsor, right? Gimme 7 years and I'll get you in the door...)

Its a persistence game. My advice is grab the shotgun, not just the rifle. FedEx will hire maybe 400 more this year...good. Delta will hire 1000. UAL will hire 1000. SWA advertises 650. American is hiring 200-300 off the street to go with flow throughs... FedEx has proven they will pilfer good pilots from Delta, SWA, and other places. We all know a few great guys turned down at one of the above, only to get an offer at another on their list. Math, however, says you about 3 times the odds of getting a call from UAL or DAL if you apply, and about 1.5 time the chance if you apply to SWA.

Pay attention to details. I had a friend send me an app from a buddy of his...but he didn't check "English proficient" in the box. Might seem queepy, but that failure will keep the phone silent from Delta. If you half-ass your application, understand that some in the stack will have had their apps reviewed by professionals and checked and triple checked.

Still at another company? Line Check Airman and Evaluator pilot seem to be pretty sexy credentials. 75/76 or -11 experience is also a plus. Not my math--but the shrinks say when you get >10,000 hours you turn into untrainable ball of mush, but then again we've hired some of those guys too.

Show me a "rule" and I can point to someone who probably doesn't fit that discriminator. Apply anyway. But keep an open mind and understand there are a lot of people with impressive quals already in the stack. Try to make your application solid and avoid stupid admin errors.

Jumbo Pilot

When did this class of new hires start Basic Indoc?

Related question...

Have the calls gone out for the Basic Indoc class(es) is early Feb 2016?

Thanks

JP

CloudSailor

FedEx - TNT merger to be finalized by the first half of 2016. It seems like most of the regulatory hurdles have been cleared, and the EU has also ok'd it. Not much has been said about this as we have been busy during peak, but I wonder how this will affect future growth. Has the VP, or JB, or anyone else commented on this lately? (I asked a friend who has been in the union for a long time, but he said there was very little information shared with ALPA at this point).