Thread: How to improve JL's meet and greet program
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Old 11-06-2006 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by CactusCrew
ANOTHER 2 cents worth ... from the outside looking in ... FWIW

The majority of these FOs at other majors (at least my classmates & friends), are only there because AA, DAL, UAL, CAL, NWA, etc ... were the FIRST one to offer them employment. Some have even been applying to FedEx for longer than they have been working at their major ...

My first choice was and still is FedEx ... but it wasn't the first job offer. Most take the first chance and go from there, why should that be a scarlet letter ?

But if FedEx will only hire furloughed guys, aren't you actually "giving a guy a second chance at a major airline career" and only getting FOs ? Contradictory information maybe ? I don't really understand hiring a furloughed FO but not an active list FO ... maybe it is just me ? Maybe the info is wrong ...

At least I figured out why after 10 years in the regional puppy mills and 7 years at a "major" ... my qualifications haven't met the criteria for an interview at FedEx.

I think I have a scarlet letter ....

Back to the original topic of improving the meet & greet process ...

Hope this perspective was enlightening ...
Your points about hiring pilots from other airlines are good ones. Furloughed or not. I had that discussion with Capt. Lewis over a year ago. I asked him why he was so hesitant to hire even furloughed guys. His response was that he viewed it as "piling on", or words to that effect. The pax carriers were/are already having problems and for FedEx to hire away their flight crews didn't seem right to him. Since he's the boss you really can't debate the logic with him. But there will be a new chief pilot in a few months. There could be dramatic changes made in the hiring practices.
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