NuthnFlashy

7 swimmers of unknown status

F15andMD11

I noticed they are updating the pilot application website today. Could also be a sign. Or the system could be down...

Whale Pilot

I believe that there are about 7. If the numbers are accurate; 100. It won't matter!

New hires from the street in September are plausible.

The source I have is in the training department!

Best of luck! FedEx is an awesome place to have a rewarding career!

Whale

TunaUSMC

Does FedEx use a mil conversion? .2 per sortie or .3 per sortie?

FlyBoyd

The Q&A tab on Pilot Credentials answers your question.

Q: Can I use a conversion factor when determining flight time accumulated in the military?

A: Yes. You may add a plus (.2) per sortie factor to your flight times. Please note that this conversion factor is applied to each sortie not to total time.

I used .2 per sortie on my resume but input raw hours and number of sorties on pilot credentials to avoid a double conversion. I addressed this in Question 30 on the questionnaire as well.

30. Did you use a conversion factor in determining your military flight time?
Answer: Yes - Comment: Raw hours and sortie numbers were input per the Pilot Credential instructions. Resume shows hours adjusted by .2 per sortie.

I was not questioned about my flight time in the interview but they did look through my logbook.

Albief15

Folks approaching FedEx do need to do some due diligence. This is a great job. I have been blessed to be here for some time. But for a 30ish new hire, this company is NOT the same company that hired many of us. Our current climate, and cost cutting vectors, may in fact be a transitory experience. Then again, it might be a harbinger of what the company will morph into in the decades ahead.

When I expressed that thought to a guy with a Delta interview who is a local boy, pointing out as I was de-shoeing in security that we do not have KCM, he said "yeah…but you do still have your A plan!" If you make a decision to come here for 30 years because today we are industry leading pay and still have a pension, you might want to be careful. Thirty years is a long time to fly in the middle of night for a pension that (so far) has not been improved since 1992. Even if they keep the pension, without significant improvements its going to be worth a fraction of what the value once was. The company is also disingenuous when it suits their needs. I got dingled out of $1100 of deviation bank this month with the difference between paid and "accepted" fares. Why? Because they CAN do that to me. I am outside of KCM because "IT ain't in the contract…" Culture doesn't put money in your W-2, but do not discount for a moment that it is important. Make my job easier to do and I will work more for you. Make it harder and it becomes a job--even if it is a damn good job. I'm not complaining about the little annoyances as much as I am sending a warning that the way the company has dealt with the pilots indicates costs are the driving factor in all decisions. There is no growth here now… they are hiring to replace retirements. On the other hand, there is growth at other companies, as mainline moves to retake flying back from the regionals. I cannot say with any certainty that Delta will be a better place to work that FedEx, but I can say that what you saw in 2000 and 2005 and 2010 at both companies is changing. With a little leadership, this place could snap back overnight to the best job in the industry. Right now, I think it still is…but the direction I see us moving is often disappointing.

busdriver12

I'm surprised the company just doesn't offer to double the pension benefit (as long as they kept the survivor benefit the same). It wouldn't cost them much. I would like to see the actuarial numbers, but supposedly 40% of us medical out or die before retirement. We retire at an average age of 62, only collecting our pensions for about two years, until we die at the average age of 64. If these numbers are true, seems like they aren't paying our pensions for very long, it would be cheap to increase them.

tennesseeflyboy

BG, my apologies if I sounded too direct about this. I did not mean to include your presence when mentioning the word, strike.
The word Strike, makes a lot of folks nervous. Don't dare say anything that sounds like it or you might get found out for your real feelings.
I am not taking a position to strike, not condoning a strike, besides you will not find that kind of resolve present day anywhere ............

TonyC

The Company abhors uncertainty. In order to negotiate increased benefits using your very fine logic (yet flawed numbers, I fear), we would have to agree to die at the average age.


Which, by the way, brings up the point that if Negotiations were won by the soundness of the arguments, we would have won a long, long time ago.






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Busdrivr

Exactly! This is why I'm working to age 65.