Originally Posted by
Smooth at FL450
Cheyenne, not Casper. I doubt FedEx is involved directly so not surprised you'd know. But according to an ALPA chat, autonmous flight is the goal of these FAA tests and FedEx lent the airplane to be used. 2nd hand info I have, so take it for what it's worth.
What? If it was truly testing pilotless aircraft (I'm sure it wasn't) then of course Fedex was involved. You really think the FAA has personnel qualified to fly the MD11? It's not a 737. And I doubt Fedex ever "loans" an active aircraft to anyone ever.