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Old 10-31-2018, 01:18 PM
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hyperone
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Flying for Fedex has its challenges, just like any other major airline. MelT and UA above have mentioned some of the benefits of flying for Fedex. But, I believe what truly separates Fedex from everybody else, except maybe UPS, is that over 85% (4200 of 4911) of our pilots are flying wide-body aircraft. Anyone hired today can be flying in the right seat of a wide-body 777, 767, MD-11/10, or A300/310 within 2 years and be making around $200,000/year doing so.
There's not a domestic passenger carrier out there that can match those numbers. It will take new hires at the other majors probably a minimum of 5 years before they will be doing right-seat, wide-body, international flying. Currently, I would expect a Fedex new hire to be able to hold wide-body captain within 8 years.
I was a 1996 hire, am still not in the top 20% of overall Fedex seniority, and have been a wide-body, international (MD-11 and now 777) captain for 9 years. And, I could have upgraded 3-4 years earlier, if I had chosen to. There's no way that would have been possible at a passenger carrier where only 15-20% of their total crew force fly wide-body aircraft.

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