Hello- TPIC is turbine Pilot in Command time. As in, you sign for the jet or large turboprop. Not sure how they do it in the desert or Europe, but typically First Officers dont log PIC.

 

Thanks mate! Keep the blue side up.

 

Hey all, just wondering if the 1000 TPIC is officially a “recommended” figure now or if it is just reduced to 500 TPIC. I tried applying to FedEx yesterday, but one of the questions was “Do you have 500 PIC turbine, turboprop, etc...”, which I don’t. After selecting no it said I was ineligible. I know there have been some concerns surrounding the online application process as a whole, so I was wondering if this is one of the flaws or if I am, indeed, ineligible. Thanks in advance.

 

Well, from your post, I guess 500 is the bare minimum, even if you are "special". I doubt if the application software has this kind of error in it.

Work towards your 500 and apply again. Good luck. Keep trying. I have heard it said that they value persistence.

It's amazing. A few short weeks ago, we were lots of folk's second choice. It doesn't seem to be that way anymore.

 

Straight from the Minimum Qualifications link:

FedEx hires highly skilled pilots who share our flight ops values of safety, integrity, leadership and professionalism. Being a FedEx pilot is about having technical proficiency as well as demonstrating a love of flying. The mission of flight operations is to operate a safe, reliable and efficient airline in order to provide industry leading service to our customers. Similarly, being a FedEx Express employee is about consistently delivering the Purple Promise to our customers. Making every FedEx experience outstanding requires pride in your performance and passion about working for FedEx Express.
If you are interested in working for a vital, industry-leading, and innovative Fortune 50 company, believe you share our values and will positively contribute to our culture, we want to hear from you! Minimum qualifications are listed below.
General

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
• English language proficiency
• Proven leadership ability
• Excellent communications skills
• Accurate and timely decision making, including threat and error mitigation strategies
• Close attention to detail
• Ability to work during the day or night, including weekends and holidays
• Punctual and reliable regular attendance
• Current valid passport and any other necessary travel documentations

Regulatory (FAA, FCC, TSA, and DOT)

• Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate
• Current First Class Medical Certificate
• Radiotelephone Operators Permit
• Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) Badge eligibility
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug test
• Successful completion of Pilot Records Improvement Act (PRIA) evaluation

Flight Hours

• 1500 hours total fixed-wing
• 1000 hours PIC in jet aircraft is preferred; multi-engine turbo-prop aircraft, 12,500 pounds or greater; certain single engine turbo-prop aircraft, or combination thereof. A minimum of 500 hours PIC as described is required.

When evaluating flight hours, we consider several factors, including:

• Complexity of aircraft flown
• Nature and type of flight operations
• Recency, quality, quantity, and verifiability of flight time and associated logs
• Hours flown as PIC
• Hours flown as instructor/evaluator

https://careers.fedex.com/pilot-minimum-qualifications

 

Exactly. I know people are in precarious situations, but I don't enjoy the recent surge of "Hey can you help me out" texts from those just recently waving around profit sharing checks.

Further, yes 1000 TPIC is preferred and 500 TPIC is required. But, even at the minimum quals, you'd be hard pressed to get an interview without some other credential, or endorsement. YMMV.
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Your first paragraph is spot on and is the point I made on another thread. We constantly hear our peers gloat about a profit sharing checks that only came a few times in the last 15 years. They parade around a 16% DC plan. Many people warned them about the dangers of having your compensation linked to profits and having all your eggs in one basket in retirement. I use to be at one of those Majors. The warnings have been stated, but times were good and you were and idiot for thinking the good times would end in many people’s minds. In fact, many of our own pilots wanted to shift to this type of retirement and compensation plan. History always repeats itself.

Now I want to make it clear I don’t wish I’ll will on anyone and I will do everything in my power to help friends get on at FedEx if/when the furloughs come. I have received calls already. What I hope is that this drops a bit of reality back into not only the passenger industry but also into our group and why it’s so important to get a big bump in our A and B plan and never link pay to company profits. Our job is not to make the company profitable, it’s to fly airplanes. Someone else is compensated millions to count beans and make sure that we save more beans than we spend.

 

Karma. It might be you sending out those texts someday. A little humility never hurts.

 

Perhaps a bit more context should have been included. These "texts" are those same people/neighbors who couldn't understand why FedEx would be my number one.

After all, every legacy was hiring, and I'd be a fool to go fly for a company that will be bought out, see single pilot ops, insert any other excuse.

Not saying we are immune, but historically our business model has been successful through hard times. Been there done that with another company.

 

come on brah! You don’t need any of that sh!t if you’re kin folks.

you should know this.