Do you ever go and do a Drill or TP while on reserve at Alaska? If you do there"s your sign.

 

I interviewed 6/6 and everyone in my group got assigned a class date by 6/20.

 

Does flying a regional jet at a Part 121 Airline count towards this, or does this refer to crew of 3+ international?

Thanks!


New Question:

51. Regarding civilian flying experience: Do you have at least 500 hours of multi-crew* flight time? *time required by regulation or required by aircraft type certificate to be multi-crew.

Yes/No

 

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

 

Anyone getting interview invites..?

 

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

 

Awesome, congrats!

 

Don't get eliminated!

 

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

 

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.