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Old 11-06-2019, 08:04 PM
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I can tell you that the people in class right now are from early August successful interviews. I say successful interviews because those that interviewed in Aug did not get actual CJOs like those in Oct (the hiring Dept changed their methodology around them). There are most likely a few stragglers out there from early Aug that did not make it into the Nov class.

Everyone after that is on hold until the proverbial “they” decide when to start classes back up. (As a poolie, I don’t exactly know who makes that decision so I left it as “they”). From direct conversations with the hiring department over a month ago, “they” will make a decision no earlier than mid-Dec on when to crank back up and what the class size will be.

That is the first hand truth as I know it as of the end of September. Things may have changed since then but, as usual, it is hard to separate rumor from truth at times on social media. Like I said, the info above is from a direct conversation with hiring as they knew the story in the day I talked to them.

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Old 11-07-2019, 07:32 AM
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Does 76yr old Mr Smith have a succession plan in place? Lots of uncertainty.
Yes - his son apparently.
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Old 11-07-2019, 07:43 AM
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So what employer are you at thats so stable and never has it’s hurdles? We just dumped our girlfriend (Amazon), which helped brown Immensely. We also are heavily vested in Asia and we also have the Brexit issue. So I bet when those small items get ironed out things will turn. This isn’t the first time purple had a hurdle and found a way to jump over it.
Looks like the ever reliably stable United. rvfanatic are you pontificating as a concerned shareholder or someone that's looking at a career here?
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Old 11-07-2019, 08:10 AM
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UPS crew force a stable 2725
FedEx has expanded to 5073 (numbers according to APC)


So, naturally, as a Pilot. I’d choose the company with the greater profitability margin and dividend payout.

Which has always been UPS.

UPS is a trucking company with some planes. FedEx is the reverse
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Old 11-08-2019, 01:57 AM
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That was garbage. I was fortunate enough to get the first class date I was available for brown (didn’t accept), but many are not. It gives no predictability or stability to applicants. Although unfortunate that hiring is slowing, FedEx is doing it right w this style pool.

RST said today “Recent poolies that were told they could expect a class in January are now being told to expect a class date next summer.”
Who is RST?
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Old 11-08-2019, 04:01 AM
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This is not big deal. Every peak season it is all hands on deck and all the flex instructors are out flying. The China problem will sort itself out and the TNT acquisition will finally sort itself out. Purple is opening a Philippine hub at the old Clark Air Base and we are making overnight deliveries from China to India and adding more cities to the European market. This tells me we are growing and positioning ourselves for the growth in e commerce. FedEx didn't get this big by stagnation. It is always moving forward.
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Old 11-08-2019, 04:53 AM
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Who is RST?
A former FedEx pilot who runs an interview prep company called "Ready, Set, Takeoff."
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Old 11-08-2019, 08:26 AM
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A former FedEx pilot who runs an interview prep company called "Ready, Set, Takeoff."
Ok, Thanks.
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Old 11-08-2019, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by kronan View Post
UPS crew force a stable 2725

FedEx has expanded to 5073 (numbers according to APC)





So, naturally, as a Pilot. I’d choose the company with the greater profitability margin and dividend payout.



Which has always been UPS.



UPS is a trucking company with some planes. FedEx is the reverse

In my experience, most pilots don’t have either as their top three or four choices of where to go.
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Old 11-08-2019, 11:14 AM
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In my experience, most pilots don’t have either as their top three or four choices of where to go.
Not what I’m seeing from my buddies leaving the AF recently.
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