Originally Posted by
Avgwhitemale
I have several Fred Ex guys in my reserve unit. They agree...if you take away the money the job has a brutal side to it. The non-rev thing is a non-issue. They pick their favorite airline and wrack up frequent flyer miles. They commute extremely easy to their trips. Their company is growing. They are getting 757's and new hires are getting 777's off the street. Flanigan retires today and most of our seniority list won't ever see the 777 / 744. I get why these guys have left. If you want to fly big jets and travel the world, FX is a good place to be.
Funny you should mention that frequent flyer thing, I just had a Fed Ex pilot on my flight from NRT-MSP last week. He was a Platinum type, sitting in First Class, and giving the Purser a hard time, asking for lots of free stuff, and more drinks, prior to push back! It's a 10:30 long flight, RELAX!
We nearly threw him off, but when he was told he would be out the door if he didn't shut the fark up, he finally did. Later the Purser came up front and said she had him on the way over to NRT a week earlier, same guy, was drunk when he got on, they had to shut him off before takeoff!
Hey, if you are going to be a douche, don't be saying, "But I'm a Fed Ex Captain..." too!
