Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
There is a currency requirement to be considered for a interview. In the past some people hired as pro sim instructors who were type rated instruct and maintain a currency in a FedEx sim were considered to meet that requirement. This is has changed for them and any non internal person has to meet the currency requirement. This is hardly a secret.
I understand everyone's frustration when their highly capable friend is given the cold shoulder.
That said, its THEIR company and they can (within certain EEOC rules) hire who they want. They could simply put this in their currency requirement as an *
* if lieu of currency may substitute 15 years of line flying at a 121 company and extensive management experience supervising an international cargo airline with more than 4000 pilots and two international domicilies.
Viola! The pilot in question then meets the new criteria. I have been fortunate--I've sponsored 3 pilots under the old system and all are now on property. I understand everyone chafing when their sponsoree is getting frozen out. But we don't get to pick who gets hired here, and we never have. We used to at least be asked for our opinion, and that seems to be less of a part of the process now. But we are labor, and labor doesn't get to pick our CP, our new hires, or our pilot recruitment team. We do get to pick our union reps.
We got people here that are sons and daughters that have been hired at other places, but cannot get a call here. You'd think if a guy or gal had been a good employee here for 20 plus years, their child--who often grew up with a tremendous appreciation for the Purple Promise because it paid for their first car, their flying lessons, and their college tuition--would be a perfect fit. I got one of those right now with a foot in the door at UAL and UPS. I could understand if his dad told him "son...beat it...go where you are WANTED..." The frustration is palpable.
Sometimes, I wish I had more control. Then I remember being a Top-3, IP, SOF, qualified guy in a squadron and how if any one of the handful of guys with those qualifications went on leave, the rest of us worked more that week. I remember endless pilot meetings, phones ringing at odd hours, and lots of paperwork. Now--nobody gives a hoot what I think, and they don't ask my opinion about manuals, procedures, or hiring. And that means if I want to use my vacation for a month the system just hums on along without me. I fly, I do what I am asked, and I go home.
Want some control? Go start your own business. Get a law degree. Or get involved with ALPA and try to nudge the supertanker an inch to the right or the left. But I don't expect to have any major influence over what FedEx does or does not do. That will be even more the case in the event we get Bezos in our chain of command at some point.