FedEx Fleet & Retirement Numbers
08-30-2014 | 05:39 PM
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If you are willing to spend time "massaging" your schedule, the bottom 20% ain't too bad at all as a commuter. In my < 10 years, I have yet to break 20% and in fact have spent most of my time <10% from the bottom as a commuter.
My experience has been that all one needs is a little space from the bottom ( ~5%) and that's enough wiggle room to get creative and at least turn a terrible commuter schedule into something you can live with.
I'm convinced that our flexibility in manipulating our schedules is one of the best parts of our contract and the cargo flying operation. A lot of what we do at FedEx with our schedules as junior a pilot simply isn't possible working for a passenger carrier operation. My favorite is a short week on followed by a long week off with no dead time during the work week. I'm typically commuting to work twice a month, sometimes 3 and rarely 4.
Of course, it's always good to be senior but even the junior pilot can have a relatively decent schedule at FedEx. You just have to be flexible and consistently put in a little effort massaging your schedule.
My experience has been that all one needs is a little space from the bottom ( ~5%) and that's enough wiggle room to get creative and at least turn a terrible commuter schedule into something you can live with.
I'm convinced that our flexibility in manipulating our schedules is one of the best parts of our contract and the cargo flying operation. A lot of what we do at FedEx with our schedules as junior a pilot simply isn't possible working for a passenger carrier operation. My favorite is a short week on followed by a long week off with no dead time during the work week. I'm typically commuting to work twice a month, sometimes 3 and rarely 4.
Of course, it's always good to be senior but even the junior pilot can have a relatively decent schedule at FedEx. You just have to be flexible and consistently put in a little effort massaging your schedule.
Couldn't help myself. If you are willing to work, as long as you can drop trips, you can make a junior schedule work here at Fedex.
08-30-2014 | 06:04 PM
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I wish I knew their secret... I'm assuming you are talking about the guys consistently getting all of the charters.
08-30-2014 | 07:29 PM
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But that's assuming you can hold a line or VTO with trips. How many folks who are less than 10% or even 15% from the bottom in a seat get trips that they can trade or drop? And from what I've heard here and on the line, reserve holders can't adjust their schedule hardly at all.
08-30-2014 | 09:56 PM
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I can't validate this, but I heard that the secret was that they managed to get themselves on the charter email list, with all of the charter info, release time, etc. Don't know if that's true, but that's a rumor.
08-31-2014 | 02:28 AM
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The postal issue and five years
So, it is my understanding that you must be a legal U.S. citizen and have lived in the U.S. for the past five years to get hired at Fed Ex? So what if you have a current residency, current passort, current drivers license in the U.S. You pay all your U.S. taxes and bills, with receipts but have an apartment and fly for a foreign airline? Home every month in the U.S. etc...
Seems like it might be an issue but could be worked around?
Thank you.
Seems like it might be an issue but could be worked around?
Thank you.
08-31-2014 | 04:21 AM
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From: MD-11 Captain
I once had a Captain tell me that he paid a scheduler for every Draft Trip he was assigned, he certainly seemed to get more than his share.
I always assumed that the "Charter Club" had a similar deal going on
08-31-2014 | 05:45 AM
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If you assume most junior captain at around 1500 (approximate right now with 300+ bypassers), about 25 people on the list are too old right now to have a shot at captain assuming everyone retires right at 65. The average age for retirement right now has been about 63, so they may still get a shot. Those at the top of the 340 will get a shot at the 11-year point.
If you assume most junior captain at around 1200 (no bypassers at all), about 50 people on the list are too old right now to have a shot at captain...again, assuming everyone retires exactly at 65. Still a chance with lower average retirement age. Those at the top of the 340 will get a shot at the 13 year point.
The numbers come straight from an Excel spreadsheet sorted by the seniority list's age column.
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