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Old 07-22-2019, 04:28 PM
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FTv3
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I don’t think we have anyone truly living there, ie., as residents of Germany or another EU country. We have a couple of guys who “visit family” and spend a ton of time over there but maintain US residence. The FedEx guys have a special deal with the German govt and can only do 5 years. Ask on their threads for more details.

If you are going to spend significant time in Europe and commute from there you basically want to bid the Z and have good seniority on it. Lots of DH’s and CML dh’s back and forth over the pond and weekend layovers in CGN. The Z does a lot of 2 week trips that essentially do night hub turns out of CGN with day layovers in about 10 different EU cities; CGN layovers over the weekend. The whale and the MD also flow through CGN but not nearly as much as the 76Z.

If you’re on another fleet then you will be commuting. With the MD withdrawal from intl flying, more and more flights to and from SDF / CGN are on the Z - unfortunately you will find problems JS’ing on that unless they have the pod sleeper. Otherwise, on the MD and whale there are a lot of DH’s going back and forth which it makes it more difficult. You can also go on a 2
legger thru PHL (MD) or try JS’ing on the pax carriers.

Totally doable with seniority and some smart bidding.
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