Congratulations.

I interviewed a month ago and you do not require any document from your current employer. However, attached with the email they send you to confirm the interview will be documents that you need to fill and bring it back with you.

I do have an electronic logbook, but did not bring a printed version of my electronic logbook; I did take all my paper logbooks with me and that was more than sufficient. You will need a copy of your college transcripts in a sealed envelope (my college stopped sending it due to covid, so I had it emailed directly to them and that was acceptable). You will also need a copy of your DD214 and it must have your separation status listed.

Roughly, these are the documents you will bring with you for the interview.

I hope this helps.

I went the "Joe-bob's custom internet logbook" route and they were pretty impressed by how organized it all was. It’s as good as your willing to put the effort into. Some of the mil guys I interviewed with had more stacks and folders of disorganized looking papers than my 8th grade locker, But, most of us ended up getting a job so it probably doesn’t matter a whole hell of a lot either way.

Prosoftbinders.com and their Airline Interview Package worked for both Delta and FedEx. Very professional, and easy to follow.

Same here. Used FedEx Office to print out my LogbookPro pages and the interviewers specifically thanked me for bringing in such an easy-to-read and compact format.

The only thing the military guys need to bring in is their log book. For USAF, bring the SARMs page which has the aircraft totals and create an easy to read spreadsheet (ONE PAGE!) on how you calculated your PIC SIC TOTAL time.

Military folks are paying a lot of money for aftermarket products to track and record their flight time and its overkill.

If you are civilian, use LogBook Pro or similar software and go to FedEx Office or similar print shop and print a nice logbook. If you also have military time, bring your logbook/SARMs print out with you and in your LogBookPro create a page for the military total times so that they add into your total times.

Thanks for the responses! I’m not worried about my mil time—I got hired at my airline a couple years ago with just the green folder and a one-page summary for how I calculated PIC time. But now I have civilian (airline) time.

So I have a spreadsheet from the company with all the takeoff/landing times, etc. I’m good with Excel—if I create a nice looking product with my couple years of flights, will that suffice?

Otherwise, can Logbook Pro or another app pull that spreadsheet data and cough out a nice looking logbook? I’m happy to do whatever is necessary, but don’t want to do overkill here.

Again, thanks so much for the info.

I showed up with my six Jeppesen handwritten logbooks, I didn't bother to print anything and I passed my interview. I would say do whatever you feel comfortable doing, I was happy with my handwritten logbooks and apparently the interviewers were too.

I second this. As long as they are accurate either are fine. I’d recommend tabbing check rides/type ratings as well.

Third this. But I didn't tab anything.

Does Fedex offer any sort of retiree medical healthcare that would bridge the gap between early retirement and age 65 Medicare?

One of my retired friends told me he is using the purple plan. He's about 62.

Didn’t tab anything. I had both hand written and digital logbooks as I was in the process of converting. So I finished up, printed them at FedEx Office (multiple times as there were mistakes made in printing) and brought both. I spent a lot of time finding any errors so they both agreed to the tenth of an hour.

It is crazy expensive - we need two fix that in this next contract.

Ball park cost?

I hate answering questions I am not 100% sure on. Last example I heard about was roughly $1200 a month for you and your spouse. That was a 2020 number and a 40% increase over the previous year. Again, second hand info and I do not have a source document.

Prep for the cog/knowledge tests: is RST the commonly used prep service? I passed the Delta interview a couple years ago using RST, and from what I understand FedEx is almost identical, so I need a good refresher. I haven’t followed interview chats for a while, so I just wanted to make sure there’s not some other prep that I haven’t heard of. Thanks!

I used RST and found it to be adequate; I passed. There were a few guys in my interview who had used Spitfire, and one had used both (RST & Spitfire). I was told that for SBI Spitfire was better geared as they prepare you for 6 minutes of SBI instead of 8.

Overall, I cannot fault RST for anything, just a word of advice, if you do use them sign up for all online conference way early. They were getting booked very fast and people were struggling to sign up. With Delta, United, Sprit, Southern, and of course FedEx hiring they are getting really busy.

Good luck.

Its about $1,200/month for you and spouse. This is from the company benefit guide for 2021. Definitely needs a fix in the next contract seeing as we can retire at 60.

It depends upon the insurance you choose. For our comprehensive buyup plan, it’s more like approx 24K per year for you and your spouse, and increasing every year. Maybe half that for the high deductible plan. You can switch back and forth from these plans every year if you choose. Basically FedEx pays $4813 towards your pre-65 retirement medical, and same amount for your spouse. The amount never changes, though premiums go up every year. This is based upon 1993 rates and has never changed. As far as getting it fixed the next contract, well, we’ve had plenty of chances, and it’s still the same as it was 28 years ago.😳 People need to scream and yell about this one, but most people aren’t even aware of how badly this part of the contract sucks.

And we can retire at less than age 60. I am. The cut in pension benefits is not that significant, if you have your 25 years and high five.

I agree. I just stated the cost of the purple and orange plans. The buy up, which I currently have was about $2,000. I've got 3 years to go and haven't decided yet. I'll probably go at 59 so I have 401k access. Enjoy your retirement.

Thank you. I hope I will.

It seems like the best pre-65 health insurance option for those who don’t have Tricare, is to start out with 18 months of Cobra (if you retired when you had the buy-up plan, you can use Cobra to keep the same plan for much cheaper). Then go with the high deductible plan (just like the buy-up plan with higher deductibles), and switch back to the buy-up for years where you think you’ll have higher expenses, or every now and then just to get your medical stuff taken care of that year.

That is, if you’re a fan of the buy-up plan. I know many people like the purple plan, but I was always too lazy to investigate that one. It does concern me that the cost of these plans always go up, and FedEx’s contribution of $4813 never increases one dollar.

sure you are 😉🙄

if you see me around come October, feel free to ***** slap me into a stupor.😁

You’re my hero.

RST is good. EC seems to be popular as well

RST and ECIC caters for two different parts of the interview. RST is geared towards the first day of the interview, i.e., Cog and knowledge test. ECIC is geared towards the second day of the interview, i.e., SBI & HR.

There are some guys in my interview who used Spitfire for SBI and they all seems to loved it as well.

If I knew retiring early was all it would take to be someone’s hero, I would have done it a long time ago.😬