FedEx Pilot Life Expectancy
11-13-2018, 08:07 PM
#12
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Originally Posted by airbus300
Google search Fedex pilot funeral and the first 3 results are 52, 55 and 68.....
11-13-2018, 08:45 PM
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As an East coast Southwest pilot flying PM trips, I rarely get to sleep before 2 - 3 am body time, especially on West coast layovers. Not sure FedEx is that much worse. Few Southwest hotels are adequate for sleeping much past 8 am local.
11-14-2018, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Kstoves
I don’t want to ever be in a situation where I outlive my savings.
The only way to accomplish this is by either earning more money, or dying younger.
Sounds like Fedex can deliver both. That’s a win-win.
The only way to accomplish this is by either earning more money, or dying younger.
Sounds like Fedex can deliver both. That’s a win-win.
Well said!!!!!
11-14-2018, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Kstoves
I don’t want to ever be in a situation where I outlive my savings.
The only way to accomplish this is by either earning more money, or dying younger.
Sounds like Fedex can deliver both. That’s a win-win.
The only way to accomplish this is by either earning more money, or dying younger.
Sounds like Fedex can deliver both. That’s a win-win.
Ok, that was funny. You win the internet today!
11-14-2018, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by NoDrop
As an East coast Southwest pilot flying PM trips, I rarely get to sleep before 2 - 3 am body time, especially on West coast layovers. Not sure FedEx is that much worse. Few Southwest hotels are adequate for sleeping much past 8 am local.
12 hour layovers at the holiday inn with the noisy wall mounted AC can suck it.
I like the job and the time off, but she ain’t the prettiest girl at the dance. I’m still young so I can bounce back after these trips. Thinking about flying a bunch of legs a day in a guppy full of the hoi polloi when I’m 60....eh, we’ll see.
11-14-2018, 04:35 PM
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Ultimately, your question is, "will the night flying at a cargo company cause me to die younger than if I fly at a passenger carrier."
Bottom line: nobody knows.
There is no data that controls for all the other lifestyle and career factors that will tell you such a thing.
Even if such data did exist, the FedEx of today is not the same company (in terms of schedules, fleets, stresses, etc) that the current "dead guys" flew at, anyway.
Bottom line: nobody knows.
There is no data that controls for all the other lifestyle and career factors that will tell you such a thing.
Even if such data did exist, the FedEx of today is not the same company (in terms of schedules, fleets, stresses, etc) that the current "dead guys" flew at, anyway.
11-15-2018, 04:10 AM
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We live long enough or have a bad enough retirement that old retired guys come back as office helpers or fly caravans for our freighter operators.
So at the very least we have fedex guys that outlive their retirement funds.
So at the very least we have fedex guys that outlive their retirement funds.
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