^^^^^^Hilarious!

 

Looks like there might be some vacancies in the Kong.....

Subject to change of course!

 

Right seat CGN is far from full on practice bid 1 too....

 

200 new hires authorized. 20 plus internals. 30-40 FDA slots. That means 140-150 new hires to MEM over the next year.

FYI….Delta is hiring 135/month in Jan and Feb.

Its a changing ballgame….

 

Why would you want to go to Delta when you can fly into Memphis and hang out with your buds until 3am then fly two more legs to watch the sun come up? And if your really lucky you could be the first airplane to land 6am after an all night ice storm and report the braking action for the pax guys about to takeoff.

 

Any idea how those numbers break down as percentage of crew force. In my mind that would be more meaningful looking at career progression given FedEx's relatively small crew force.

 

12k pilots, we have 4k. Multiply x 3 as a wag.

What I find most interested is that 10 years ago, after a short spell a junior pilot here could perhaps do international on an MD11 out of Anchorage, or hold B reserve on the 727 right seat or DC-10 SO seat, fly A reserve on the 'bus or 727, or hold days and become a 727 SO LCA.

Right now, I see riding the 757 or CGN on A reserve…for a while. The streamlining of aircraft here has eliminated some of the pockets and niches where a guy could hide out and try to carve out a good Q of Life if he was not a hub turn machine. (Some like 'em, some don't. ) I know FedEx is an overnight delivery company and if you cannot stomach some back side of the clock ops you probably shouldn't be here. However, its also a fact many of us have been here a while and do not regularly do hub turns. Any new hires showing up better be ready for the old 727 slave ship type lines, because the other options we once had aren't as readily available.

I would not worry about percentages as much as "what does a bottom 5% guy's life at Delta look like? What does a bottom 5% guy's life look like at FedEx?" Pros and cons to both but in 2004 if you didn't like hub turns you could sneak your way out of them on the -10, -11 , or getting senior as a SO. These days you better be ready for that "traditional" FedEx flying, as I think you will be doing it for a few years….

 

You forgot eating popcorn and drinking coffee...............@ 0200.......yum

 

I wish I could hold A-reserve here in CGN. Usually goes top 50%. I keep getting stuck having to fly...

 

Im obviously not a candidate. Over 12,000 hours. 8000 hours PIC Part 121. Typed on A310, B744, A320 (current left seat), check airman, APD, AQP developer. Lake house in PikWik. ....sorry ..."you're not qualified".