Purple Runway
04-02-2018 | 12:31 PM
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Looks like FedEx has come out with a pathway of their own now. I know it's super new (like just a few hours old from this writing), but I was curious what current employees think about it. And I mean that in the sense of whether or not there will be a big advantage to choosing an airline such as MAC over say a more traditional regional airline like Endeavor or Envoy. They say they are going to give preference to the pathway guys as far as interviews, so does that mean that the feeder ATR time is better than jet PIC in their eyes? Honest question as someone who is trying to make his first step in this career that will hopefully end up at FedEx.
04-02-2018 | 01:23 PM
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Looks like FedEx has come out with a pathway of their own now. I know it's super new (like just a few hours old from this writing), but I was curious what current employees think about it. And I mean that in the sense of whether or not there will be a big advantage to choosing an airline such as MAC over say a more traditional regional airline like Endeavor or Envoy. They say they are going to give preference to the pathway guys as far as interviews, so does that mean that the feeder ATR time is better than jet PIC in their eyes? Honest question as someone who is trying to make his first step in this career that will hopefully end up at FedEx.
04-02-2018 | 02:08 PM
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So they’d rather take an ab inito college grad with a 2.5 gpa before an atlas pilot that’s been doing the same job multiplied times 3 for the last decade? Pass me what they’re smoking.
04-02-2018 | 06:58 PM
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04-02-2018 | 07:33 PM
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Trouble is how much it is going to matter that they will look at feeders first before external applicants. Even in that promise, the question arises: who are the external applicants you are passing? Naturally lots of uncertainty about it now. I'm going to stick to the regional jets and trust they will still value jet PIC by the time I get there haha
04-02-2018 | 08:49 PM
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You’re not getting it . . . the pilot shortage at their feeders seems to be starting to hit their bottom line so they’re now throwing a “guaranteed interview” carrot to try and make feeders more attractive to pilots who want to eventually fly for purple.
04-02-2018 | 08:56 PM
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...without the feeders having to offer terms of employment which make them attractive in their own right.
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