wrxpilot

In other words, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Got it.

BoilerUP

Indeed...but what has functionally changed since the article was written?

Nothing.

FedEx's revenue has kept increasing, their earnings have kept increasing, their global air and ground network has kept growing. All while Amazon is building out their own in-house delivery network. Clearly all those smiley tail 767s hasn't hurt their business, so why are we to think a whole bunch of contracted vans would either?

To assume FedEx is simply gonna rest on its laurels and let Amazon eat their lunch in the coming years is...well, myopic.

There are just as many, if not more, risks to a career at Delta and United as there are to FedEx.

deus ex machina

perhaps... you could justify your statement....

Such as... ?

iHateAMR

Duece here is a troll with no facts behind any statements. Ignore.

BoilerUP

I posted three upthread, in a post you quoted.

MaydayMark

Concerning Single Pilot Ops ... the military has spent MILLIONS of $$$ on their unmanned vehicles and they're still having problems ...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/14/nav...h-landing-week

iHateAMR

More like BILLIONS.

navigatro

FedEx for sure.

iHateAMR

Many FedEx pilots are former pax pilots and all have definitely walked the terminals. The list is of experiences we’ve had or seen. The poster asked for an opinion, I gave him a list of all the stuff I could think of while sitting on the can.

How are those slash trips working out for you chief?

UnusualAttitude

I don’t live in MEM, nor would I want to. The only time I spend in Memphis is when I have training. Granted, as a newhire you’ll spend at least some time in Memphis on reserve. Crash pad life is a reality when you’re junior at FX unless you move to MEM. I have stated that our reserve is the absolute worst in the industry. That being said, our product comes with a time definite money back guarantee unlike our friends at the passenger airlines. This guarantee we make to our customers is a driving force behind the company’s desire to manage reserves the way that they do. Could it be changed to offer better QOL to the pilot without sacrificing product reliability? I hope so but “we’ve always done it that way” mentality and “you’ll be senior one day” permeates throughout Purple.

The pension comment isn’t accurate. You do realize that we have a multifaceted retirement plan though. Both an A Plan and a B Plan.

Night flying is a big factor. People should not take it lightly. It took me a full year at FX to really figure out how to make it work in the least painful way for me. That being said, it can still be painful. It takes some dedication to taking care of yourself to offset it as much as possible. Sort of like the same self control one probably needs to use to avoid eating fast food in the terminals 15 days a month.

Lastly, Purple has the most restrictive and punitive system bidding (seat changes) language in the industry. The senior guys really sold the farm in this section in the last contract. With more than 20 years remaining I would really consider this. Simple contractual language that is just now being understood by even our Union is costing pilots a lot of money because as it turns out timing can be more important than seniority.

So my point is this. Purple, lots of good. Lots of not so good. You have to balance it all.

Living in an AA base would probably lean me towards AA. Once you can hold your hometown on the day side at Purple life is really good. BUT, in a large city like DFW, PHX, CLT a lot of stars have to align and you’ve got to have really serious seniority to get to that point.

UA