FDXLAG

I think multi-crew in ICAO and FAA parlance in this instance is more than one pilot to operate.

bmxandjets

Anyone getting interview invites..?

kenblankenship

I got an invite on 1 July... Feels like a dream.

bmxandjets

Awesome, congrats!

MeXC

Don't get eliminated!

AZFlyer

Just curious, but could you expand on what makes the FedEx system better with regards to commuting compared to a pax carrier?

MX727

We have many trips in which the operational legs start or end or start and end with deadheads to an outstation (not your domicile). FedEx buys you an airline ticket to and from your domicile to those starting and/or ending points. You are then allowed to cancel those tickets and buy a ticket from anywhere to/from those points. The only caveat is that if you spend more on your tickets for the month, you will make up the difference. There are slightly better provisions in the new contract with the bank money, but you don't need to get worried about that now.

So, as a commuter, once you can hold those deadhead pairings, you can airline, at the companies expense to your trips and then back home.

Also, if you live near an airport that we service, most of the flights are one leg to and from Memphis. This also makes commuting easier and quicker when you need to start or end a trip in Memphis. There are some cities such as Denver and Atlanta where we have a lot of pilots living. This can make those jumpseats harder to reserve.

There are many nuances but that should be enough information. It works well, so well that we now have a greater percentage of pilots that commute than live in domicile.

skypine27

Single departure lines are perhaps the biggest difference from someone coming from a regional or even a major for that matter.

The MEM MD-11 and 777 bid packs have lines that consist of a single 12-13 day trip. You do one of those and you're done for be month.

AZFlyer

Thank you for the explanations on that.

To be clear, if you hold a line that allows for dh to your trip, are you losing that time at home just the same as you would if you were a non-revving commuter getting to/from work?

FDXLAG

You get paid full block for the scheduled DH from Mem to XYZ. If you are DHing to your home you get the hours sleeping in your own bed. If you live in DC and have a DH to EWR you leave when you can to get to EWR 8 or 12 hours before the operating leg. If you live in ABE and have a DH to LAX it may take you 8 block hours to get there but will only be compensated the 5 hours it would take to get from MEM to LAX. You have to check in when you are in position (100NM) to operate the first leg.