Here is the latest about hiring in the bid that just came out.


Hiring
The training pipeline for the B757/767 is currently at capacity, and we expect it to remain so for the next few years due to our delivery schedules for those aircraft. This bid should create unfilled vacancies in the MD11, Airbus and B777 that will allow us to spread new hires over all equipment types. With a total need for over 600 pilots to be hired over the next 18-24 months, the opportunities to advance in seniority and/or seat position should be readily apparent. Upgrades to the left seat should remain robust over the next 5 years considering system expansion and pilot retirements.

Sure would be nice to be one of the 600


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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.

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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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?


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If you put a RegionalFO in it and push the power up, it explodes. So, probably not a good fit for you. ;)

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.

Welcome aboard! Glad to have all y'all here! :)

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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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.

:confused: 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. :D