FedEx First Year Info for New Hires...
12-12-2020, 01:51 PM
#731
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Joined APC: Jun 2018
Position: 757 CA
Posts: 615
First time caller, my question is about timelines with regards to new hires. I'm currently on active duty and have been doing some future planning with the family. My question is how far out will FEDEX offer a potential hire a job offer? (assuming minimum requirements met, interview and the application process was smooth).
For example, let's say I leave active duty in December, and am available to start January. How far back in the year would I know I have a job offer?
Any help is appreciated, Thanks!
For example, let's say I leave active duty in December, and am available to start January. How far back in the year would I know I have a job offer?
Any help is appreciated, Thanks!
12-12-2020, 03:31 PM
#732
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Joined APC: Jul 2012
Position: 767 FO
Posts: 281
This is not at all true. ATL is a very hard commute. It's a top 5 hardest according to seat availability. If you don't book the JS exactly 20 days and 23 hours and 59 minutes and 59 seconds ahead of time, you're not getting on.. I did it for @3 years and finally caved and moved..
Today I drove home and was sipping whiskey and watching football before I would have boarded my FedEx jumpseat and about the same time if I had waited 4 hours for the next DL flight. All about perspective and expectations.
12-12-2020, 09:37 PM
#733
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: MD11 Captain
Posts: 364
This is not at all true. ATL is a very hard commute. It's a top 5 hardest according to seat availability. If you don't book the JS exactly 20 days and 23 hours and 59 minutes and 59 seconds ahead of time, you're not getting on.. I did it for @3 years and finally caved and moved..
Not at all my experience, but what do I know after 16 years of doing it...
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12-13-2020, 11:04 AM
#735
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Joined APC: May 2006
Posts: 1,804
Movement out of the seat is good, but so is being placed in a seat that lots of new hires will be assigned and getting there first. The first FO assigned to the 767 in Indy will be at 65 percent at the conclusion of the training letter.
My guess is they will want the base fully staffed by September when ETOPS is scheduled to start. That would mean quite a few new hires to Indy in the first part of the year.
Trips in Indy are mostly nights and not sure how the ETOPS trips will look compared to how they are currently built in Memphis.
Indy trips are generally built with Monday and Friday deadheads. There are many local FOs and Captains so reserve tends to go senior.
My guess is they will want the base fully staffed by September when ETOPS is scheduled to start. That would mean quite a few new hires to Indy in the first part of the year.
Trips in Indy are mostly nights and not sure how the ETOPS trips will look compared to how they are currently built in Memphis.
Indy trips are generally built with Monday and Friday deadheads. There are many local FOs and Captains so reserve tends to go senior.
12-14-2020, 01:52 PM
#739
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Joined APC: Jun 2018
Posts: 1,838
Many do it. May be easier to drive with the less than 3 hour commute in the car. Once your done jump in the car and drive home as compared to waiting around for 3 hours for your JS.
12-14-2020, 02:06 PM
#740
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,123
Your CJO will happen pretty quickly after the interview process. The class date on the other hand will be about 45 days out. All of that being said, the pool is already about 200 deep again after running through last year's pool and interviewing for the last 3-4 months. New Hires in the Jan 7th class were notified the week of Thanksgiving.
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