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09-26-2010 | 11:07 PM

#201

Cujo

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From: Great White North

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Originally Posted by Tractor Bob

Word from the ACP in the great white north is we will be 1000 pilots short when the Flag/rest rules take effect. A very juicy rumor. I didn't even make it up.

I believe he said "... if the new FAA Crew Rest rules were enacted today ... we'd be short 1000 pilots."

09-27-2010 | 01:12 AM

#202

MaxKts

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From: Dispersing Green House Gasses on a Global Basis

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Originally Posted by Cujo

I believe he said "... if the new FAA Crew Rest rules were enacted today ... we'd be short 1000 pilots."

Dagnabit - there ya go throwin out facts to screw up a good rumor

09-27-2010 | 07:34 AM

#203

jetstar1

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Anybody know how much notice is given for a class date? Do you still think it will be January? Thanks in advance for your help.

09-27-2010 | 08:51 AM

#204

frozenboxhauler

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Originally Posted by jetstar1

Anybody know how much notice is given for a class date? Do you still think it will be January? Thanks in advance for your help.

1. I had 3 days notice. 2. I wouldn't be suprised to see it happening "early" next year.
Good luck to you!
fbh

09-27-2010 | 09:30 AM

#205

MX727

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There was a guy in our class that had a -2 hour notice. Someone didn't show up that morning and they called him at the first break.

09-27-2010 | 10:04 AM

#206

DLax85

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From: Gear Monkey

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Originally Posted by jetstar1

Anybody know how much notice is given for a class date? Do you still think it will be January? Thanks in advance for your help.

Jan is their plan --- for internal pilots (...professional instructors and corporate pilots who have fulfilled their committments to those departments).

I think those guys will have plenty of notice, because their managers have to backfill their slots.

External hiring from the "current pool" may not happen until Feb or even March --- and my guess is 2-4 weeks notice for those guys.

The real unkown is when will the meet-n-greets and interviews start again for pilots not in the current pool.

There will be a need for at least 90-100 new hire pilots next year.

09-27-2010 | 10:52 AM

#207

fdx727pilot

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Originally Posted by DLax85

In an almost identical situation (long hiring drought, Pro instructors well past completing commitment,) the 8 pros in my class had Thursday afternoon calls for a Monday class. They even asked if I could stop by hiring office on
Friday, because they could not get the offer letter to me by Fedex prior to class starting (prior to Fedex Saturday delivery service.)

09-27-2010 | 12:12 PM

#208

USMCFDX

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DLax85

The real unkown is when will the meet-n-greets and interviews start again for pilots not in the current pool.

There will be a need for at least 90-100 new hire pilots next year.

The meet-n-greet is dead. Straight from O.

09-27-2010 | 01:04 PM

#209

757golf

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FDXLAG - thanks for the reply

Busdrivr - sorry my questions irritated you. I did do a search before asking my questions. The results varied between FedEx pilots dying 5 years after retirement, a long discussion on soylent green and a 2006 retirement schedule that doesn't make sense considering other post that FedEx has one of the oldest pilot groups in the industry.