FedEx Hiring
#2032
#2033
On Reserve
Joined APC: Sep 2005
Position: Airbus
Posts: 18
Ready Set Takeoff
RST is an amazing resource. If you have an interview with FedEx or Delta (Ready Set Takeoff) or wanting to prep while waiting for the interview (different website, Ready Set Takeoff Preview), this is a can't miss resource. Focused on learning the concepts and not just memorizing. Amazing effort, best I've seen for airline technical prep. More and more content is rolling out and it has been amazing watching it all happen as a member. Send me a PM, I'd be happy to describe either site further, also coupon available.
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#2036
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2015
Position: FO
Posts: 36
Agree 100% about ECIC. Definitely do it.
#2037
China Visa Applicant
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: IPZ to Mr.
Posts: 1,915
Can't fault Tito for trying to build a better mousetrap with the training software on RST.
There's been plenty of readily available, adequate gouge out there for many years. The low-tech PowerPoint and MS Excel simulations of most of the cog sub-tests, as well as solid info about the tests and sub-tests (courtesy of the vendor for the test), have been around for a long time and easy to find if someone went looking for them. For the folks who wanted more, that existing gouge even pointed to the Lumosity games you could play that would closely simulate most of the cog tests.
RST has just one-upped that existing stuff, and from my perspective it appears to be a nice improvement. Weather or not that improvement is worth the coin to join RST is going to be up to everyone individually.
Most folks who'd never had the chance to see the actual cog test at either a Delta regional interview, or hadn't seen the very similar tests that the military uses for TBI screening, saw the cog as this big mystery boogey man. I suppose if someone really wants to knock off the "scare factor" of not knowing exactly how the test works, dropping a couple hundred bucks on the RST trainer is money well spent.
There's been plenty of readily available, adequate gouge out there for many years. The low-tech PowerPoint and MS Excel simulations of most of the cog sub-tests, as well as solid info about the tests and sub-tests (courtesy of the vendor for the test), have been around for a long time and easy to find if someone went looking for them. For the folks who wanted more, that existing gouge even pointed to the Lumosity games you could play that would closely simulate most of the cog tests.
RST has just one-upped that existing stuff, and from my perspective it appears to be a nice improvement. Weather or not that improvement is worth the coin to join RST is going to be up to everyone individually.
Most folks who'd never had the chance to see the actual cog test at either a Delta regional interview, or hadn't seen the very similar tests that the military uses for TBI screening, saw the cog as this big mystery boogey man. I suppose if someone really wants to knock off the "scare factor" of not knowing exactly how the test works, dropping a couple hundred bucks on the RST trainer is money well spent.
#2038
Another vote for Tito's RST product... was hired last month, the website took ALL the mystery and anxiety out of all day 1 testing. Great product, great dedication to making keeping it current. The price is absolutely worth it.
RST is an amazing resource. If you have an interview with FedEx or Delta (Ready Set Takeoff) or wanting to prep while waiting for the interview (different website, Ready Set Takeoff Preview), this is a can't miss resource. Focused on learning the concepts and not just memorizing. Amazing effort, best I've seen for airline technical prep. More and more content is rolling out and it has been amazing watching it all happen as a member. Send me a PM, I'd be happy to describe either site further, also coupon available.
#2039
New Hire
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Posts: 1
FedEx new hires
After flying with, and getting to know multiple newhires here, I believe I will start offering an "extracurricular," off company property class sometime during Basic Indoc. A few of the guys in some of the recent newhire classes, during after-hours social events, encouraged me to provide my "This is what those powerpoint briefings mean to you as a FedEx pilot" knowledge. We all know that there is a difference between data and information, and knowledge. Because the company has limited time during BI, the amount of data often far outweighs the amount of actual knowledge you get. An example is the disparity between the very important 4-hours of FAA-mandated training on Hazardous Materials vs. the minute and a half, maximum, of time we actually spend inspecting the loading of, and signing its simple paperwork during preflight. If you and your significant other are able to have a heads-up as to most of the aspects of being a FedEx employee and pilot before BI and IOE, you might be able to more quickly sift through all the data and get some understanding and knowledge you can use to better your life. This course would be the flip side to my friends in the pre-hire interview prep business. It has the potential to save you a huge amount of heartache and $. Many of you have already spent thousands of dollars getting here. I hope to be able to help you and your families make up far more than what you've spent through facilitating a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas of life as a FedEx pilot - from how not to fail bidding to the importance of the Contract (for those military converts), from vacation bank concerns to insight into healthcare vacillations, from suggestions on navigating Memphis' streets and unique political and social disposition to how being on Reserve works for you, and much, much more.
I hope to be able to offer this for newhires and their spouses starting with the next classes in September. Keep watching, and post if you are coming to class and might be interested.
-Vee1Rotate
I hope to be able to offer this for newhires and their spouses starting with the next classes in September. Keep watching, and post if you are coming to class and might be interested.
-Vee1Rotate
#2040
New Hire
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Posts: 5
After flying with, and getting to know multiple newhires here, I believe I will start offering an "extracurricular," off company property class sometime during Basic Indoc. A few of the guys in some of the recent newhire classes, during after-hours social events, encouraged me to provide my "This is what those powerpoint briefings mean to you as a FedEx pilot" knowledge. We all know that there is a difference between data and information, and knowledge. Because the company has limited time during BI, the amount of data often far outweighs the amount of actual knowledge you get. An example is the disparity between the very important 4-hours of FAA-mandated training on Hazardous Materials vs. the minute and a half, maximum, of time we actually spend inspecting the loading of, and signing its simple paperwork during preflight. If you and your significant other are able to have a heads-up as to most of the aspects of being a FedEx employee and pilot before BI and IOE, you might be able to more quickly sift through all the data and get some understanding and knowledge you can use to better your life. This course would be the flip side to my friends in the pre-hire interview prep business. It has the potential to save you a huge amount of heartache and $. Many of you have already spent thousands of dollars getting here. I hope to be able to help you and your families make up far more than what you've spent through facilitating a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas of life as a FedEx pilot - from how not to fail bidding to the importance of the Contract (for those military converts), from vacation bank concerns to insight into healthcare vacillations, from suggestions on navigating Memphis' streets and unique political and social disposition to how being on Reserve works for you, and much, much more.
I hope to be able to offer this for newhires and their spouses starting with the next classes in September. Keep watching, and post if you are coming to class and might be interested.
-Vee1Rotate
I hope to be able to offer this for newhires and their spouses starting with the next classes in September. Keep watching, and post if you are coming to class and might be interested.
-Vee1Rotate
Two perfect examples: bidding and healthcare/retirement
Bidding: BI just begins to scratch the surface (this is a bidpack, and this is what a line looks like etc. but no tricks of the trade i.e. Don't bid secondary lines on months when you have vacation etc...) If I didn't get a chance to sit down with a more experienced FedEx guy over beers one night I'd still be lost. (And I can still guarantee I'm going to screw it up the first couple times even after getting some gouge from him...)
Healthcare: This more plays to the military Tricare folks (like myself) who have never known anything but Tricare. The benefits folks came and talked for two hours but after that time and numerous questions I still feel like there's a ton of info I don't know and lots of other questions I never even thought of asking. (i.e.: you don't know what you don't know so how do you know what questions to ask?)
Bottom line, I think this will be an invaluable asset to all new hires and especially ones that have no former 121 experience.
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