Originally Posted by
Piloto Noche
FedEx is the only airline flying the MD-10. The pilots are dual type-rated in the MD-11 and the MD-10 as the two aircraft are very similar. And, No, the DC-10 is a completely different animal so the type rating is separate.
I gotcha.
So being that Fedex is retiring all of the DC-10's by 2010 I take it flying KC-10's in the Air Force really wouldn't be an advantage anymore when applying to Fedex(not even sure if it really ever was an advantage in the first place)?