Originally Posted by FreightDawgyDog
You are very lucky to have been hired here at all IMO since military retirees were never hired before the mid 80's.
Originally Posted by
DixieFlyer
Are you serious? Really? How many of the original guys were actually civilian? Not very many.
Most of the original FDX guys could not get hired at a "real" airline, due to their age. Originally, guys used their GI bill money to pay FDX for their falcon training. $9,000, I think. Then, they got hired.
So, I would surmise that most, if not all, of the original FDX guys were ex-military.