lifestyle of a fedex pilot
09-04-2008, 09:01 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by W0XOFF
Yeah ! Right !
The 'diversity' crap worked really well with Auburn Calloway, now, didn't it?
WONDER who HIS sponsor was? Got a feeling he was hired for the purposes of 'diversity'. . only . ..with NO background checks. IF they HAD checked, there were plenty of reliable folks with 'the story' out there. . but no one checked. They were putting an 'x' in the box - for 'diversity'.
'Diversity' is killing this country. Ask Gov. Lamm (ex CO)
Need to stick with the tried and true model. It works. (besides . .I prefer to fly with military guys . .I know they are standardized -and tell better stories)
The 'diversity' crap worked really well with Auburn Calloway, now, didn't it?
WONDER who HIS sponsor was? Got a feeling he was hired for the purposes of 'diversity'. . only . ..with NO background checks. IF they HAD checked, there were plenty of reliable folks with 'the story' out there. . but no one checked. They were putting an 'x' in the box - for 'diversity'.
'Diversity' is killing this country. Ask Gov. Lamm (ex CO)
Need to stick with the tried and true model. It works. (besides . .I prefer to fly with military guys . .I know they are standardized -and tell better stories)
Obviously, the FDX screening process doesn't always work.
09-04-2008, 09:01 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by W0XOFF
Yeah ! Right !
The 'diversity' crap worked really well with Auburn Calloway, now, didn't it?
WONDER who HIS sponsor was? Got a feeling he was hired for the purposes of 'diversity'. . only . ..with NO background checks. IF they HAD checked, there were plenty of reliable folks with 'the story' out there. . but no one checked. They were putting an 'x' in the box - for 'diversity'.
'Diversity' is killing this country. Ask Gov. Lamm (ex CO)
Need to stick with the tried and true model. It works. (besides . .I prefer to fly with military guys . .I know they are standardized -and tell better stories)
The 'diversity' crap worked really well with Auburn Calloway, now, didn't it?
WONDER who HIS sponsor was? Got a feeling he was hired for the purposes of 'diversity'. . only . ..with NO background checks. IF they HAD checked, there were plenty of reliable folks with 'the story' out there. . but no one checked. They were putting an 'x' in the box - for 'diversity'.
'Diversity' is killing this country. Ask Gov. Lamm (ex CO)
Need to stick with the tried and true model. It works. (besides . .I prefer to fly with military guys . .I know they are standardized -and tell better stories)
09-04-2008, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Busboy
Wow! Nice post.
Obviously, the FDX screening process doesn't always work.
Obviously, the FDX screening process doesn't always work.
i think you mean the flying tiger screening process!
09-04-2008, 09:07 AM
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I was refering to WOXOFF getting thorugh the FDX process.
Calloway was fired by Tigers. But, of course, you knew that.
Calloway was fired by Tigers. But, of course, you knew that.
09-04-2008, 09:26 AM
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No process works 100% of the time. But it does work the vast majority of the time, and that's money in the bank because the company realizes this. There are always exceptions and some people change over time and go from a valuable asset to a huge liability. Then there are guys who have it so good that they can't even see what they've become, an example of which might be that 727 captain who was very high up in the reserves and totally abused his crewmembers and the FOM, just so that he could get a few more minutes sleep, because he was working his full time FedEx job and his full time reserve job simultaneously. Was he a failure of the "process"? Probably not at first, but he grew into that mode. And military guys do tell better stories.
09-04-2008, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by fdx727pilot
So, a guy still flying at another carrier wants his flight mgmt contacted by Fedex pilot hiring to verify his claimed flying time? Hope he doesn't tank the interview and have to stay at his current job.
Originally Posted by fdx727pilot
Also, having been there twice, if a carrier has shut it's doors, flight and training records are hard to get ahold of.
09-04-2008, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fdx727pilot
The planes are owned by Fedex and leased to various small cargo carriers around the country. Just like the intra-Canada flying is done in Fedex 727s leased to a firm called Morningstar.
There's more than one company that operates the feeders for us, but Mountain Air Cargo is one of the bigger ones.
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I always admire the FEDEX Caravan guys - that must be some fun flying.
09-04-2008, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Busboy
I was refering to WOXOFF getting thorugh the FDX process.
Calloway was fired by Tigers. But, of course, you knew that.
Calloway was fired by Tigers. But, of course, you knew that.
09-04-2008, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by fdx727pilot
So, a guy still flying at another carrier wants his flight mgmt contacted by Fedex pilot hiring to verify his claimed flying time? Hope he doesn't tank the interview and have to stay at his current job.
I did it that way and it worked like a champ.
09-04-2008, 10:45 AM
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I applied at FedEx and never got a call. Can I get my $50 back?
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