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AirbusA320
My take on Fedex, it's more of a trucking company. The have about 8 divisions and only one division uses aircraft. Of the 600 plane fleet 300 are C208. To add insult to injury I read on this site that Fedex looks down upon SE turbine time. So some guys are only good enough to fly sp IFR to fill the big birds but not good enough to fill the rh seat. Talk about creating a moral problem.
Fedex was an airfreight company that morphed into a trucking company and UPS was a trucking company that morphed into an airfreight company.
1. FedEx Express is an airline, which is a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. The other company's of FedEx are: FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Office, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Trade Networks and FedEx Services. Some are trucking companies, some are not.
2. Most FedEx Express pilots probably don't even consider the C208's as being a part of FedEx Express, and that's because they aren't. Although they are owned by FedEx Corporation, they are usually operated by totally separate companies.
3. As for hiring, the guys who fly the C208's can apply, just like everyone else who meets the minimum requirements, for a flying position at FedEx Express, but of the ones that I've talked to over the years, they are, very happy with what they do and the fact that they get to sleep in their own bed each and every night.
4. The FedEx Express pilot group does have some moral issues, but not because of anything you've mentioned.
5. Federal Express Corporation was an airline that morphed into FedEx Corporation, and along the way, became a global leader in not only air freight, but freight in general, as well as other customer oriented services.
JJ