FedEx Hiring
04-01-2016, 06:41 PM
#1631
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Originally Posted by Waldorf
Fedex will be a stop and go for guys. I wonder how many guys will actually show up and how many will stay? Getting 600 guys was easy post 9/11, now, maybe not so easy. There was a reason FedEx was second or third choice for a lot of guys. With big hiring at the majors, it could well be second or third choice again.
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04-02-2016, 06:51 AM
#1633
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Position: 767 Captain
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Originally Posted by RegionalFO
I see that some people are hand picked for the md-11. What's so special about this plane in the sense that people must be hand picked?
Seriously - to put it simply, it's just not as forgiving an aircraft as most of the other transport category aircraft in the industry today. Approach speeds average 160 or higher. If you're used to taking whatever crab you've got in at 100 feet and letting Uncle Boeing do the rest, trying to save bounced landings with a few pumps on the yoke and some power or saving a sinker with some back yoke - the MD-11 no likee.
Bottom line - It's a very nice aircraft. It just needs to be flown well on every approach and all the swept wing jet basics apply in spades.
Short of actual previous experience flying it, I'd be curious to know what the "hand picking" criteria is.
04-02-2016, 09:24 AM
#1634
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Position: 767 Trunk Monkey
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Originally Posted by UnusualAttitude
I recently left one of the majors for FX. There were at least 10 other guys in my class with CJO's to one or more of the major passenger carriers and as of the end of Indoc all were really happy to be at Purple and had no intention at all of leaving.
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04-02-2016, 09:47 AM
#1635
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Anybody know of any good gouge information for the interview besides the study guide? I've seen people reference some type of powerpoints for the cog screen as well as some delta preps but is there an actual site or something that most people use? Thanks!
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04-02-2016, 01:25 PM
#1636
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Originally Posted by Adlerdriver
Short of actual previous experience flying it, I'd be curious to know what the "hand picking" criteria is.
04-02-2016, 02:05 PM
#1637
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Originally Posted by Raptor
I've heard they are now putting anyone with carrier landings in the MD-11 hand picked classes. They are trained to use power and not pitch to solve most landing problems.
mmmmkay.... So is any USAF pilot who has flown the T-38 and any fighter from the century series on. But, that sounds like as good a theory as any other. I guess the only thing they'll have to hammer home with those guys is that pesky flare thing. 
04-02-2016, 02:27 PM
#1638
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Joined APC: Oct 2010
Position: MD-11
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Originally Posted by Raptor
I've heard they are now putting anyone with carrier landings in the MD-11 hand picked classes. They are trained to use power and not pitch to solve most landing problems.
guys with over 150 traps
previous MD11 flyers
C-17 experience.
04-02-2016, 03:39 PM
#1639
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...And then all that careful hand-selection is negated with a system bid and guys wanting to bid over to the -11. It seems like we over-complicate the MadDog here. Does UPS also hand-select guys? Lufthansa? Other airlines that operated the -11 for decades? (I know we do have the additional issue of the common type with the MD-10). But still, it seems goofy to me. ALL guys we are hiring should be able to handle the airplane just fine without the need for this secondary weeding-out process.
In any event, happy bidding. Awesome vacancy bid with the additional 5% growth of total pilots, (which might be partially TNT related?). Good stuff.
In any event, happy bidding. Awesome vacancy bid with the additional 5% growth of total pilots, (which might be partially TNT related?). Good stuff.
04-02-2016, 04:17 PM
#1640
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Originally Posted by CloudSailor
Does UPS also hand-select guys?
They haven't put new hires in it recently though.
BTW, would someone tell me what a new hire looks like? I think it's like bigfoot. You hear of it, but never actually see one.
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