Originally Posted by
biigD
As the saying goes, I’ll never know if any of my decisions were good ones until the day I retire! As much as people love to wave their dongs around on this board, it’s generally dumb luck how things actually shake out.
A parting word:
I've been at FedEx for over 25 years, retiring in October. Wife (#1 and only) has been a Delta Pilot for over 23 years (she started at Pan Am in Berlin before the Wall came down).
Fedex is the best career on the planet, do we have irritants- yes. Is our contract perfect - no. But to the OP, don’t leave FedEx.
When I started we had 165 B-727 aircraft, 600 in each seat and over 400 published lines every month, lots of DDHs. I flew the backside for over 6 years straight, and thought I was going to die due to the fatigue, stress and circadian rhythm disruptions. The USPS completely changed the face of the company.
After 9/11, we were the only airline hiring (the USPS paid for the hiring and training costs). We not only survived, we thrived, life got better, more day flying, better QOL.
Now were flying 777/767/767 airplanes, most off the factory floor, largest wide body fleet in the world.
just finished CQ so I can fly the last three months, best training experience in my career (I’ve heard all the trick questions!).
I have lots of friends in my demographic and they all say if they had to do it over again, they’d go cargo, preferably FedEx.
It was a great ride, you’ll get over these bad times. Keep the faith. If Fred ever figures out how to push a football through a telephone line, then you can worry. Don’t let Bezos buy the company.
Best of luck, THE BOXES DONT B!TCH.
Champ42272