FedEx Reserve / Aircraft Selection
07-19-2022, 11:04 AM
#61
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: MD11 Captain
Posts: 364
Originally Posted by Sickboy06
Hey kids,
I am very VERY new to the airline world. I almost need a translator to understand all the terms you guys are using. I am going to be direct, I have some simple questions. If I get hired tomorrow:
What does the average day of the first year look like?
How long am I usually on duty? How many days/hours do you work?
Any Vacation days during the first few years?
How does the reserve work? If I am base in Memphis, are you on standby at home?
What does the average route look like?
Health benefits? Do they pay for family medical or just pilots?
Answers are probably hidden in this discussion. But I can't find them in a simple way.
Thank you for your help. Fell free to PM or answer on this thread.
I am very VERY new to the airline world. I almost need a translator to understand all the terms you guys are using. I am going to be direct, I have some simple questions. If I get hired tomorrow:
What does the average day of the first year look like?
How long am I usually on duty? How many days/hours do you work?
Any Vacation days during the first few years?
How does the reserve work? If I am base in Memphis, are you on standby at home?
What does the average route look like?
Health benefits? Do they pay for family medical or just pilots?
Answers are probably hidden in this discussion. But I can't find them in a simple way.
Thank you for your help. Fell free to PM or answer on this thread.
You’re bound to get lots of “helpful” replies as those questions have been covered thoroughly in other threads. I’d spend a little time browsing through past threads with similar titles to find those more productive discussions. The info is there, it’ll just take a little digging.
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07-19-2022, 11:43 AM
#62
New Hire
Joined APC: Jul 2022
Posts: 3
Yes indeed, but there is a lot of blah-blah-blah for nothing. Good informations are buried under a lot of useless conversations.
There is still some good in this world, thank you for your reply. It is very "visual" and helpful.
Originally Posted by kc10/c130
I'll bite.... Wake up in Memphis by scheduler at O'dark30 on RA and drive to work. Get followed by "interesting characters" that roll down their window and point a gun at you. You quickly and efficiently get off the I240 speedway and make it to work for your trip to XYZ for O&B.
Fly trip, it rocks.
Drive back to your house or crash pad. Go to sleep. Do it again another day
.
Get senior or get really old flying crappy trips. Your choice, choose wisely.
The end.
Fly trip, it rocks.
Drive back to your house or crash pad. Go to sleep. Do it again another day
. Get senior or get really old flying crappy trips. Your choice, choose wisely.
The end.
07-19-2022, 04:30 PM
#63
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2015
Position: 777FO
Posts: 66
Originally Posted by Prefontaine
I'm anticipating commuting from BDL to MEM...looking for:
- insight into the relative ease or pain of that commute
- advice for what to bid (I have a very low SSN; 15xx)
I've used the jumpseat finder and it looks like there are 2-3 flights per day. I'm asking, though, because the 2017 posts about the commute out of Boise made me realize (once more) how much I don't know about all this stuff.
Thank you!
- insight into the relative ease or pain of that commute
- advice for what to bid (I have a very low SSN; 15xx)
I've used the jumpseat finder and it looks like there are 2-3 flights per day. I'm asking, though, because the 2017 posts about the commute out of Boise made me realize (once more) how much I don't know about all this stuff.
Thank you!
07-20-2022, 03:59 AM
#64
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Joined APC: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,820
Originally Posted by Sickboy06
Hey kids,
I am very VERY new to the airline world. I almost need a translator to understand all the terms you guys are using. I am going to be direct, I have some simple questions. If I get hired tomorrow:
What does the average day of the first year look like?
How long am I usually on duty? How many days/hours do you work?
Any Vacation days during the first few years?
How does the reserve work? If I am base in Memphis, are you on standby at home?
What does the average route look like?
Health benefits? Do they pay for family medical or just pilots?
Answers are probably hidden in this discussion. But I can't find them in a simple way.
Thank you for your help. Fell free to PM or answer on this thread.
I am very VERY new to the airline world. I almost need a translator to understand all the terms you guys are using. I am going to be direct, I have some simple questions. If I get hired tomorrow:
What does the average day of the first year look like?
How long am I usually on duty? How many days/hours do you work?
Any Vacation days during the first few years?
How does the reserve work? If I am base in Memphis, are you on standby at home?
What does the average route look like?
Health benefits? Do they pay for family medical or just pilots?
Answers are probably hidden in this discussion. But I can't find them in a simple way.
Thank you for your help. Fell free to PM or answer on this thread.
Very new to the airline world, what is your background? Have you been flying in the military or are you looking for your first job in aviation? If you aren't coming from the military and are new to aviation, you aren't getting hired tomorrow by FedEx. Maybe you should be posting these questions in a different forum if you are as new to the airline industry as your post suggests.
07-20-2022, 04:44 AM
#65
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Joined APC: Jan 2011
Posts: 307
Originally Posted by MaydayMark
My hunch ... (it's worth what you paid for it);
I suspect the Airbus has very high maintenance costs and the 767 is a good replacement.
I suspect that the MD will be around for a very long time. It would be nice if we could get them to reconfigure it so that the lav is in the cockpit?
I suspect the Airbus has very high maintenance costs and the 767 is a good replacement.
I suspect that the MD will be around for a very long time. It would be nice if we could get them to reconfigure it so that the lav is in the cockpit?
the Bus is a very low maintenance aircraft and is why we are keeping it around until D checks. The last Town Hall meeting affirms your suspicion, the -10 are gone or soon will be and the -30 are staying for the foreseeable future.
07-20-2022, 04:49 AM
#66
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Posts: 307
Originally Posted by Daniel Larusso
Dying aircraft at FedEx has always been a very loose description. We've got a VP update that's only a few weeks old that says he MD11 and Airbus fleets are relatively young and will be around well into the next decade. These are equipment bid decisions we're talking about here, not a blood oath. They can be adjusted over time. Telling new hires who have no frame of reference that those two fleets are dying does them a disservice with respect to understanding their options imo. They don't get that we're at a company where if we order 737's or A320's tomorrow, we'll have a bunch of people calling the 757 a dying fleet the second one of those planes hits the property.
07-20-2022, 05:28 AM
#67
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Posts: 670
Originally Posted by 3pointlanding
Actually
the Bus is a very low maintenance aircraft and is why we are keeping it around until D checks. The last Town Hall meeting affirms your suspicion, the -10 are gone or soon will be and the -30 are staying for the foreseeable future.
the Bus is a very low maintenance aircraft and is why we are keeping it around until D checks. The last Town Hall meeting affirms your suspicion, the -10 are gone or soon will be and the -30 are staying for the foreseeable future.
07-20-2022, 08:37 AM
#69
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Joined APC: Jun 2018
Position: 757 CA
Posts: 594
MD-11 Fleet update early June:
"The MD-10 fleet is currently scheduled to be fully retired in January. We will draw down to five aircraft during the summer, and then back up to nine airframes for peak. There are several initiatives in work to assure a safe sunset for the 10s."
"The MD-10 fleet is currently scheduled to be fully retired in January. We will draw down to five aircraft during the summer, and then back up to nine airframes for peak. There are several initiatives in work to assure a safe sunset for the 10s."
07-20-2022, 09:01 AM
#70
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,270
Originally Posted by Single Seat
All of the remaining -30s should be gone by January 2023. MD studs going through ITU are no longer receiving differences training
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