Flight Engineer
05-22-2017, 01:16 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by aviatorhi
The question was about UPS/FedEx/DHL.... so, yeah, about 15 years.
05-22-2017, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by aviatorhi
The question was about UPS/FedEx/DHL.... so, yeah, about 15 years.
End of an Era as FedEx Express Retires Last B727
05-22-2017, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by navigatro
The last UPS FE flew as a required crew member in May 2009.
Yeah ok, not quite 15 years at all of then, my bad, but the airframe has been gone for a while from the larger carriers.
05-22-2017, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Student01
No, a friend of mine is going through a medical issue right now. We were just curious if that was still an option and what the guidelines were.
I have one of a very few "mature" Flight engineer licenses issued. The writtens were not easy and there are no cram courses for them. (Never was for the recip or turbo propellor ratings, afaik.)
I was once a designee for Turbo jet FE license, but gave that up in 1988.
05-22-2017, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by BMEP100
If he doesn't already have an F/E ticket, getting one today,will be very difficult.
I have one of a very few "mature" Flight engineer licenses issued. The writtens were not easy and there are no cram courses for them. (Never was for the recip or turbo propellor ratings, afaik.)
I was once a designee for Turbo jet FE license, but gave that up in 1988.
I have one of a very few "mature" Flight engineer licenses issued. The writtens were not easy and there are no cram courses for them. (Never was for the recip or turbo propellor ratings, afaik.)
I was once a designee for Turbo jet FE license, but gave that up in 1988.
05-23-2017, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by sky jet
Kalitta 747-200's flew for all three this past Christmas rush.
05-23-2017, 09:39 AM
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Amerijet is down to one 727, which is rumored to be retired this summer.
I've got many friends from the last airline that are FE's, and besides one or two getting odd FE jobs all of them have either retired or found different lines of work.
That profession has been a dying breed for some time now, but it's definitely in the death throes now.
I've got many friends from the last airline that are FE's, and besides one or two getting odd FE jobs all of them have either retired or found different lines of work.
That profession has been a dying breed for some time now, but it's definitely in the death throes now.
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