Originally Posted by
fdx727pilot
Or even more mundane jobs. My new hire class was mostly internals. We had one ex-Navy guy who worked as a courier for a year, and my sim partner flew checks in Alaska and worked part time on the ANC ramp before getting on the seniority list. I was a professional sim instructor, as were 6 others in the class (first class after original CBA went into effect.). Only 3 out of 12 were off the street.
I was also ex-Navy and an internal hire as well - 18 months (8/94-2/96) throwing boxes and driving a tug. Leaving active duty in late '93 was NOT great for getting hired at a major.
In my new hire class of 30, we had 6-7 internal hires, plus a couple guys that did internships at FedEx way back in the day (may not have necessarily got them the interview, but it sure gave them really low emp #s
). A guy hired a couple classes ahead of me had 17yrs at FedEx when he came to the line, working mostly in GOC.