SonicFlyer

According to Aero Crew news....


"FedEx to halt pilot hiring through at least May 2023, and park 16 jets, citing decline in demand."

Thrust Hold

Thanks SonicFlyer, that comes from an internal company update that we got from our SVPs a week ago.

Merry Christmas!

JohnWick757

Guys we have a lot of work to do. All I keep hearing from guys I fly with is how great Fedex is compared to other airlines. In some ways it is, in others this couldn't be further from the truth. I fear many guys here don't realize what they don't know and have never spent a significant amount of time at the other legacy passenger airlines. Our job overall severely lacks the overall satisfaction and health benefits. The pay is good, but there is way more to life than a paycheck. I made the jump, and have been regretting it for some time now.

abides

Being on the 757 will make a fella regret his decisions.

threeighteen

The pay really isn't that good unless you're on the B777.

The MD11 guys were making more during covid but that party is 100% over now.

Our QOL is really, REALLY FAR behind the rest of the industry too (substitution, base replacement that you won't even get paid for, uncompensated revisions, money robbed from pilots via the expense report process, etc).

We have a lot of misguided people here that feel like we are the best, even though that's far from the truth. They also foolishly believe that we can't compare ourselves to any other airline because they have PBS and we don't, and to them that somehow means we need accept PBS if we want to get other QOL improvements. It will make you pull your hair out trying to explain that this is not true to one of these clueless people.

But I will agree. We have a LOT of work to do. NO CONCESSIONS.

WearyEyed

I try to bring up with every pilot how much has changed in the past 6 months. Regional pay has gone way up and in some cases beyond widebody Captain pay (AE LCA PAY). A321 Captain’s at JetBlue will soon be making more than our widebody Captains too. Additionally, the AIP notepad numbers from Delta blow us out of the water.

Our union hasn’t begun educating us, which they appear ready to begin, so I have felt like I have to inform my colleagues. I feel this way because I had a pilot say that a 10% pay raise would be good. That would have us behind UPS and waaaaaaay behind Delta, and likely way behind UA and AA if they match or exceed Delta rates. We all need to be engaged with our union but also with industry trends. I will not accept being paid $1 less than legacy airlines, let alone the $100 it could be soon.

Topgum

I’m told that hiring is being pushed back even further now. May is starting to sound more like August. Does anyone know if there’s any truth to this rumor? If true it'll be a year before they make the bid list.

Spevol

Not true imo

opt0712

Source? Haven't read that email to the poolies.

Not likely. And also everything is fluid based on a new contract.

Topgum

There’s no documentation. That’s actually why I posted. As stated, it’s a rumor. Rumor source is a pilot friend who seems to be in tune with the numbers. He’s been correct in anticipating the other recent hiring pushbacks. They stopped interviewing around Nov. It was then pushed back to Jan, then June. Why do you think it’s not likely to get pushed back again? Hopefully you’re correct. Just trying to understand the situation at FedEx.