Originally Posted by pinseeker

They don't restrict your flying on your days off. You can fly as much as you want on your days off. You just can't have another job that has hours that count against FAR limits without getting their permission first. It's kind of like Apple saying that their employees can't do contract work for Google because it may harm Apple. As Adler pointed out, another commercial flying job could have a negative impact on FedEx. It's part of the terms of employment.


By the way, nice job avoiding an answer on your conflicting positions that a pilot should be able to fly as much as they want and shouldn't be able to fly until age 65.