FDX - Hiring, Domiciles, and FDA Questions
03-15-2008, 10:03 AM
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FDX - Hiring, Domiciles, and FDA Questions
Hello all. I am just wondering what things at fedex look like for the next time they start hiring. My guess is that junior pilots would be sent overseas to hong kong? Can a junior pilot hold memphis? Also what is this "FDA" that everone is talking about? Thanks in advance.
03-15-2008, 11:06 AM
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Yes FDA means Foreign Domicile Assignment which equals Hong Kong or Paris. Currently no hiring due to overmanning but we may be hiring a few into the FDA's by the end of the year. Getting hired into MEM probably won't be happening for a few years. Good luck.
03-15-2008, 11:24 AM
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ANC, MEM, LAX, SFS (for another few months), HKG, CDG.
ANC is an MD-11 base only with mostly Asian flying (some Europe some domestic)
LAX is also MD11/10 flying only with lots more domestic flying but also Asia and some Europe.
MEM is a MD11/10, A300, B757, B727, DC10 base that flies all over the world--definitely has the best variety and nicest schedules for senior guys who live in MEM. But it's MEM which is hell on earth in my view.
I like ANC, but then again, I grew up here and am a product of the system.
ANC is an MD-11 base only with mostly Asian flying (some Europe some domestic)
LAX is also MD11/10 flying only with lots more domestic flying but also Asia and some Europe.
MEM is a MD11/10, A300, B757, B727, DC10 base that flies all over the world--definitely has the best variety and nicest schedules for senior guys who live in MEM. But it's MEM which is hell on earth in my view.
I like ANC, but then again, I grew up here and am a product of the system.
03-15-2008, 02:31 PM
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If they hire a few FDA's at the end of the year how long to you think they will be stuck in hong kong? I like the idea of fedex, however the thought of being stuck in hong kong is not too pleasant for me.
03-15-2008, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rustypigeon
If they hire a few FDA's at the end of the year how long to you think they will be stuck in hong kong? I like the idea of fedex, however the thought of being stuck in hong kong is not too pleasant for me.
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