Anyone know how many pilots FedEx plans to hire this year?

When classes may be for January interview candidates that are successful?

About how long to class after CJO?

Thanks!! (and sorry for so many questions!)

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Gentlemen,
I made it through the interview and waiting for a class date. Interview was as advertised; Day 1 -(computer tests) Personality inventory abt an hour, job knowledge was about an hour and easier than I expected, and my nemesis the Cognitive skills test about an hour and the hardest part in my opinion of the whole process. Sign up and practice Luminosity, I wish I did. Day 2- a 2 Ret Capt panel interview with the standard questions and a situation based interview where you are in a paper cockpit and they put you in an impossible situation and want to see you make the best of it and use solid logic to back up your decisions. I flew in early the day before Day 1 and checked out the morning of Day 2 since we were finished by lunchtime both days ; 2 nights total at the Courtyard Nonconnah with the FedEx rate of $71.
The HR ladies guiding us through the process and even the interviewers were extremely nice, accommodating and tried to relax us as much as possible and truly WANT you to pass. They said they're bringing in as many as 35 new hires a month for quite a while with openings in all the aircraft and almost all bases.
My stats: USNA grad with mediocre grads, Line Check airman TT 5500, TPIC 2500, had my application in for a dozen years, got the call in mid-Dec and interviewed last week, expecting an early Feb class
If its true that all airplanes are available, I'd like to educate myself to make a good decision on which airplane to request. I have a young family and live in So California but have no expectations of getting LAX, so......
1) is there a list of which aircraft are based in all the different domiciles?
2) what are the probable schedules for a new hire in the different planes at the different bases?
3) are there any bases I would not be able to commute?
3) Is it true that by taking an overseas assignment, a pilot receives 2nd year pay to start with? or a bump in seniority?
4) I was told the 757 will afford me the shortest time on reserve, can this be confirmed?
5) I'm seriously considering Cologne or Copenhagen, are there any hidden advantages or disadvantages financially or career-wise I should know about? what is it like being based there?
6) any other pertinent info that would help me decide the order of my preferences?
Thanks for the help.

Congrats LT Dan! Welcome aboard...soon enough.

I interview Thursday! Can you pm with any tips, tricks, especially info on the technical test and panel interview?? That would be awesome! CONGRATS!!

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Good luck. How far out from were you from your available date when you got the call?

The biggest decision you will make at FDX is where do you want to live. You can make any location work. But commuting into a reserve line your 1st year is hideous, you will generally have to add a day on the front and back to be legal, particularly from the left coast. A crash pad and a airport car are the cost of doing business and will eat into your 1st year pay. Catching a FDX jumpseat to work can be tough on Sundays and Mondays from a lot of locations the same with getting home at the end of the week. If you can make CGN work with the family it is a great way to get living in base benefits and then after 2 years you should be able to make commuting from anywhere work. It is hard to pick an aircraft because of the city it operates in and out of, as soon as you check out they will swap equipment and ruin your plans. That said there is no better gig than operating double deadheads out of where you live, you save a work day on each end of the pairing.

LT Dan,

1) Anything you write on this board is read by the company.
2) They can figure out who you are.
3) There is a Jetflyers group on FB, if you do FB.
4) There is a FedEx 767 group on FB as well.
5) At FedEx, perhaps more than anywhere else, seniority is life.
6) 757 MEM should give you the fastest increase in seniority.
7) There are rumors of perhaps 500 retiring next December 31st.
8) I hope you can stay up all night and sleep all day.
9) Commuting sucks, but it beats living in MEM.
10) If you want it to be easier to get to work, living in MEM is easier.
11) You can reserve a J/S on a FedEx aircraft, so that helps.
12) We should retire at least 800-1000 in the next 3-5 years, so I think your career path should be good.
13) Get used to a 3% raise every time we go into negotiations.
14) You can make more money in the right seat of the 777, than you can as a junior narrow body Captain.
15) The best news is you won't have to spend 2 years sitting sideways, like I did when I was hired.

Good luck and welcome aboard. There are lots of guys, especially the ones at the bottom of the list, that are really glad you are here.