Sim Prep for FedEx Interview?
 

Any recommendations for a good place to do a sim. prep. for the FedEx interview?

I have heard that FedEx is no longer doing the SBI, can anyone confirm that?

Thanks for any info!

Call AJ Jassel in Memphis at the Pan Am building. Not sure of his number, but I'm sure someone on this board can get it to you.

A couple of recent interviewees have stated the SBI is not being used as of the last month or so. Call Albie at Emerald Coast. He can hook you up with AJ.

www.emeraldcoastinterviewconsulting.com

How did you get there
 

I admire anyone who has made it to where youre at. Congrats. Im 21, just passed my commerical checkride, and Im working on being a CFI. My goal is to fly for FedEx. When and what should be my next step after instructing. Thanks for you consideration, and happy flying

Your next step is to figure out how and where to get 1000 hours PIC turbine time.

Go into the military build time in a F/A-18 and have some fun killing bad guys. That is what I would do.

I hear they are changing to the AirBus for the sim ride soon. Any truth to that?

Or...
 

Or fly cargo for the Air Force and watch all the fighter pilots "shoot their watches" at the club:D

Dave "coddled Trash-hauler" P2

And, more importantly...
 

Network, network, network...

In that order...

Amen, Brother!

SimPrep
 

JetJockey,
I know of people going out to Long Beach, CA and using Alteon. If you need, I can provide contact info. Just message me...

Good luck...

FedEx sim prep
 

You will here this over and over, but one more time just for the heck of it, AJ is the guy to see! Emerald Coast can put you in contact with him or call Pan AM Flight Academy (901-748-7500) and they will hook you up. He has a high success rate, no guarantees, but if you have half an instrument scan, you can get through the toughest part of the interview. Forget the new suit, invest in the sim prep. Good luck and hope to see you in the pool soon!:)

Cheers

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it!

Breitling or Omega?
 

Ouch!! I have one of those watches...
But, I wonder what aircraft you wanted to fly when you started UPT?:cool:

Cheers,
Don

Don't worry Don...to be cool all we have to do is start keeping spoons in our pen pocket. :eek:

That's the spirit!!!


I actually thought that an A-10 would be cool to fly, but I had a bout with airsickness early on in Tweets that changed my mind pretty darn quick.

All in all, flying heavies has been good, no 90 day unit rotations to the desert (they're probably higher now) and not as much "flying around the flagpole" like the little planes do.

Dave "Box Lunch" P2:cool:

Matching Items
 

Now I have a Breitling watch and just ordered a titanium spoon to match my watch...:p

For the record, I talked to a guy today who does some of the interviews, the SBI is gone. The written tests do matter. Read the instructions. Don't answer questions you don't know.

SBI demise
 

What are the reasons for canceling the CRM part of the interview process? Rumor has it that the chief pilot had some military buddies not make muster in the Situational Based Interview and he cancelled it.

Just a quick question - I'm MX at an F-15 Unit here, and 5 of our pilots fly for Fed Ex. Any suggestions on ways I can start to 'network' ? I'd hate to miss the opporunity but I don't really have a good idea on how to approach them without looking like I'm out to get something from them. Not to mention the most convienent corrospondence would be through e-mail.

Thanks!

Pilots have huge egos, and they're cheap.


Start with flattery, and then give 'em stuff. :)


Favorite food? Free food


Favorite beer? Free beer


Favorite Avionics Tech? The one that strokes their ego and gives 'em beer and food.

Oh, and we're pretty stuipid, too. We'll never figure out we're being used. :)



Good luck!




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Pilots generally tend to help an aspiring aviator when it comes to imparting advice. Sending a blind email to someone is easy and convenient; but not the best way. Emails, no matter how well written tend to be impersonal. Best time to approach the pilots is when you have done your job well and get into a personal conversation with them. Don’t be too direct. Just talk about your present flying and desire to be a professional pilot. See what they say. Some will volunteer to help and others will not. Nurture a personal relationship with the ones who respond.

Aviation and especially General Aviation where you are building up your time is a small community; there will be plenty of times to network. Enhance your abilities in this area. Just as important to developing your airmanship and stick/rudders skills, is the development of your people skills. Dale Carnegie books are a good resource.

Instructing (if you desire to do this) is an excellent way to build up your people skills.

Good Luck!

What happend to the good ole days when the dream of every young stud like yourself was to get on with United?

The Same thing that happened to others with the Goal of working for Pan AM, Eastern and TWA.

Things change, unfortunately not always for the better. The snap shot of things today won't look the same in 5-10 years.

" Oh.... Times they are a chang'in"

My suggestion.
1. Get a job with the ANG (non flying).
2. Apply to fly for the unit you work for.
3. When you've got a offer to fly, follow with a part time job with FedEx.
4. Fly for the guard and throw boxes for FedEx.
5. When you meet the time quals for FedEx, apply to FedEx flight as an internal hire. :)