FedEx will eventually have trouble recruiting; all of the majors will to some degree. What will be different going forward is that next recession (whenever that is, maybe now??) we won’t have hordes of legacy people trying to jump into the FedEx lifeboat. I would bet my bottom dollar that the “feast and famine” days of the legacies are over. If they can get through COVID, they can get through pretty much anything. Yeah, there was government cheese handed out, but how long would any of the furloughs have even lasted, a few months??

So as a prospective new hire to fly big airplanes, look at more than what your buddies (who may never have worked anywhere else) tell you, or the age-old “no pax” thing, or how the night turns work. Start to look at the present-day airline leadership, business models, future planning, future balance sheet, operational excellence. FedEx was built into a great company. Take a hard, honest look at where FedEx TODAY slots in in some of those categories vice several years ago, and not just FedEx Express, the entire operation.