Originally Posted by Adlerdriver

Way before? Really? It's not like he's some first year RJ guy or UPT grad with two more tours to go before even being able to apply. Would you rather he be completely ignorant of the FedEx commuting lifestyle, get the job, hate it and decide to bail?

The guy's got an interview. That's most of the battle. Conventional wisdom (at least for the last decade+ or so) has been it's your job to lose at that point. I assumed he would know to do the Emerald Coast prep work, but perhaps not without someone here to steer him in that direction. Do it.

It sounds like this opportunity was a bit of a surprise. That seems plausible since most of us sponsoring people can't seem to get much info on who might get a call and we work here. Maybe he already has a couple of CJOs and is trying to decide to even take the interview. If the commuting picture out of DFW was bleak, why would he waste his time or that of FedEx.

We've had a pretty long dry spell of hiring and considering our small pilot population compared to the large airlines, it's entirely possible he doesn't know anyone who works here. So, he came here looking for some idea of what he might be signing up for. Think about what information you would have been hungry for without the benefit of someone already on the inside who could give you an accurate picture of what life is like here.

Being able to understand what to expect as a new hire commuter will allow him to speak intelligently about that should it come up in the interview.