Hello,

Do any of you FDX pilots know if there are enough flights out of the Fort Worth and Newark "hubs" for a new hire be able to originate trips from there?

Thanks

 

NO...........

 

Not even close. First, you have to have enough seniority to outbid the people who live there. Second, you have to have enough to outbid the people who don't live there but just want to fly double deadheads to avoid Memphis. If flying out of your home airport is that important to you, move to Memphis. Or Anchorage, of course.

 

Newark and DFW have enough flights to easily commute to work. As noted in earlier post, it (usually) will take awhile to hold flying that layover in your home town. Good luck.

 

There are a few deadheads to the west coast (OAK, LAX, etc.) that allow you to deviate and "begin" your trip in Dallas on a deadhead. Of course, American will charge you a little extra to drop the leg from MEM-DFW, which you will have to pay out of your own pocket.

There are two night flights to MEM from commuting purposes, and I think two during the day as well.

Of course, as more and more of you new hires want to commute from DFW, the competition for seats may make commuting a little harder.

My suggestion would be to move to Memphis!

 

Why even bother? When you 'deviate' you usually come out of pocket anyway and then 'expense' it. You don't even want to deal with the 'originally scheduled' D/H. .. just book the flight you want or need on your own recognizance and the company will reimburse you -up to the value of the originally scheduled D/H.
BT-DT. . . oh yeah!!. . you will LOVE it. Your spouse will love it even more. . stranded in MEM, while you are out flying around the garden spots of the earth. Rapings, killings, muggings, burglaries just down the street . . and . . ahh . .I won't even go there.

 

Why not suggest beating one self with a stick??

 

captain drew,

can you expand a little on how deviation works. I understand you can change a pairing that is a d/h out of memphis and basically d/h yourself there and start the pairing at ABC airport. When you do this though I know you have a ticket on the airline but if it cancels is it your arse on the line?

What are some other "tricks" for people who commute at FDX? Besides the obvious of being able to hold layovers at your city.

 

When you deviate on the front end (beginning) of a trip................

Your "Arse" is on the line if you don't make it.
Let's say the scheduled trip begins with a Commercial Deahead from MEM to OAK and the ticket value is say $300 on American Airlines.

Let's say you live in Detroit (poor you). You can request to deviate and make you own reservation from DTW to OAK. If that ticket is cost $350, you will owe the company $50 at the end of the month.

If you can get a ticket for $200 you have a positive balance of $100 to use fo Cabs, limos or another airline ticket later in the month for another trip.

If you live in MEM or choose not to Deviate (take scheduled Deadhead) and it canels for Mainteneace or weather and you don't make it to OAK..................no big deal, you just call Crew skeds and say "What do i do now?

If you deviate and you don't make it to OAK for whatever reason..........your ARSE will be speaking to someone you would prefer not to!

In most cases it is not a problem, but when the Blizzards hit or those Nasty Katrina things happen.........peoples Arses have been handed to them for missing trips.

 

RedEye (or whoever knows),

Does it work the same way for guys who deadhead straight to Memphis? If I live in Philadelphia but all my trips start in Memphis does the company pay for my ticket from Philly to Memphis if I cant jumpseat on a fedex plane?