FedEx First Year Info for New Hires...
05-13-2021, 05:04 AM
#961
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: B767
Posts: 795
Originally Posted by Braniff DC8
MOGuy, if I may. Nothing against FedEx and it’s fine folk. Great company and great group of pilot’s.
Night cargo flying will wear on you after years! It WILL take years off your life. The life expectancy of cargo pilots is like 10 years earlier than pax pilots. You won’t escape it. Sitting reserve in the middle of the night versus the day is huge.
Long haul flying starts to wear on you HARD after about 50. HARD!
Commuting to cargo is a nightmare as they usually park on oppsite sides of the airports. This adds a lot to stress. Uber late at night, good luck!
Pass travel is SOOOOO much better at a pax carrier as is jumpseating. Buddy passes etc.
You’ll tire of vending machine food!
More bases as well at UAL and this means better jumpseat and pass travel.
Volatile you say at pax carriers??? Fred will possibly replace his pilots with drones as soon as he can. Our lifetime, prob not but Fred and his pilots have had a hard relationship as well.
Having done both, I would stear you to UAL. It’d be just better overall and longterm, at least for your health.
Best of luck. Either way You’ve won a golden ticket and a lifetime supply of chocolate, it’s just how long that lifetime will be.
Say HI to Willy.
Night cargo flying will wear on you after years! It WILL take years off your life. The life expectancy of cargo pilots is like 10 years earlier than pax pilots. You won’t escape it. Sitting reserve in the middle of the night versus the day is huge.
Long haul flying starts to wear on you HARD after about 50. HARD!
Commuting to cargo is a nightmare as they usually park on oppsite sides of the airports. This adds a lot to stress. Uber late at night, good luck!
Pass travel is SOOOOO much better at a pax carrier as is jumpseating. Buddy passes etc.
You’ll tire of vending machine food!
More bases as well at UAL and this means better jumpseat and pass travel.
Volatile you say at pax carriers??? Fred will possibly replace his pilots with drones as soon as he can. Our lifetime, prob not but Fred and his pilots have had a hard relationship as well.
Having done both, I would stear you to UAL. It’d be just better overall and longterm, at least for your health.
Best of luck. Either way You’ve won a golden ticket and a lifetime supply of chocolate, it’s just how long that lifetime will be.
Say HI to Willy.
I was turned on to an app that tracks and logs my sleep through my watch. It turns out that I’m averaging around 9-10 hours of sleep per night on the road. I fly international and I’ll admit that I make sleep a priority. I also make sure to get out and log at least 3-5 miles a day of walking/jogging/running etc. unless I’m in room confinement.
I didn’t use this tech when I was flying domestic hub turns but I’m guessing my sleep per day was probably somewhere around 5 hours at the beginning of the week and 6-7 by the end of the week. There are as many techniques to sleep as there are pilots flying.
No way I would make a career out of flying anywhere without considering the toll that travel in general takes on the body. Then again, I can’t imagine the toll that working in an office takes on the mind.
05-13-2021, 08:23 AM
#962
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: BE-20, LR35
Posts: 266
No point in responding to Braniff. Based on his post, which is full of both factual and grammatical errors, he is either a troll trying to get everyone worked up or an idiot undeserving of anyone’s response. If a prospective FedEx pilot can be swayed by this idiotic post, I don’t want to fly with them...there are thousands more that will gladly take that spot.
05-13-2021, 01:44 PM
#963
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2018
Position: 767 FO
Posts: 153
Originally Posted by Braniff DC8
MOGuy, if I may. Nothing against FedEx and it’s fine folk. Great company and great group of pilot’s.
Night cargo flying will wear on you after years! It WILL take years off your life. The life expectancy of cargo pilots is like 10 years earlier than pax pilots. You won’t escape it. Sitting reserve in the middle of the night versus the day is huge.
Long haul flying starts to wear on you HARD after about 50. HARD!
Commuting to cargo is a nightmare as they usually park on oppsite sides of the airports. This adds a lot to stress. Uber late at night, good luck!
Pass travel is SOOOOO much better at a pax carrier as is jumpseating. Buddy passes etc.
You’ll tire of vending machine food!
More bases as well at UAL and this means better jumpseat and pass travel.
Volatile you say at pax carriers??? Fred will possibly replace his pilots with drones as soon as he can. Our lifetime, prob not but Fred and his pilots have had a hard relationship as well.
Having done both, I would stear you to UAL. It’d be just better overall and longterm, at least for your health.
Best of luck. Either way You’ve won a golden ticket and a lifetime supply of chocolate, it’s just how long that lifetime will be.
Say HI to Willy.
Night cargo flying will wear on you after years! It WILL take years off your life. The life expectancy of cargo pilots is like 10 years earlier than pax pilots. You won’t escape it. Sitting reserve in the middle of the night versus the day is huge.
Long haul flying starts to wear on you HARD after about 50. HARD!
Commuting to cargo is a nightmare as they usually park on oppsite sides of the airports. This adds a lot to stress. Uber late at night, good luck!
Pass travel is SOOOOO much better at a pax carrier as is jumpseating. Buddy passes etc.
You’ll tire of vending machine food!
More bases as well at UAL and this means better jumpseat and pass travel.
Volatile you say at pax carriers??? Fred will possibly replace his pilots with drones as soon as he can. Our lifetime, prob not but Fred and his pilots have had a hard relationship as well.
Having done both, I would stear you to UAL. It’d be just better overall and longterm, at least for your health.
Best of luck. Either way You’ve won a golden ticket and a lifetime supply of chocolate, it’s just how long that lifetime will be.
Say HI to Willy.
05-14-2021, 03:24 AM
#964
Line Holder
Joined APC: Apr 2019
Posts: 44
Originally Posted by UnusualAttitude
I think the science is in the middle and there’s no way to account for genetic predisposition to various maladies.
I was turned on to an app that tracks and logs my sleep through my watch. It turns out that I’m averaging around 9-10 hours of sleep per night on the road. I fly international and I’ll admit that I make sleep a priority. I also make sure to get out and log at least 3-5 miles a day of walking/jogging/running etc. unless I’m in room confinement.
I didn’t use this tech when I was flying domestic hub turns but I’m guessing my sleep per day was probably somewhere around 5 hours at the beginning of the week and 6-7 by the end of the week. There are as many techniques to sleep as there are pilots flying.
No way I would make a career out of flying anywhere without considering the toll that travel in general takes on the body. Then again, I can’t imagine the toll that working in an office takes on the mind.
I was turned on to an app that tracks and logs my sleep through my watch. It turns out that I’m averaging around 9-10 hours of sleep per night on the road. I fly international and I’ll admit that I make sleep a priority. I also make sure to get out and log at least 3-5 miles a day of walking/jogging/running etc. unless I’m in room confinement.
I didn’t use this tech when I was flying domestic hub turns but I’m guessing my sleep per day was probably somewhere around 5 hours at the beginning of the week and 6-7 by the end of the week. There are as many techniques to sleep as there are pilots flying.
No way I would make a career out of flying anywhere without considering the toll that travel in general takes on the body. Then again, I can’t imagine the toll that working in an office takes on the mind.
What app do you use?
05-15-2021, 12:10 AM
#967
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Joined APC: May 2013
Position: No Hats No Jackets No PAX
Posts: 1,502
Originally Posted by Air Guitar
is that better than what is built into the fitbit?
Pretty sure it would stabilize night-hub turn folks, that’s just no way to live.
05-15-2021, 06:29 AM
#968
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Joined APC: May 2005
Posts: 1,273
Originally Posted by Air Guitar
is that better than what is built into the fitbit?
https://ouraring.com/
Tracks sleep, body temperature, heart rate, etc. Analyzes the data and gives you feedback/suggestions for better sleep.
05-16-2021, 06:40 AM
#969
Banned
Joined APC: Oct 2019
Posts: 923
Originally Posted by Fr8Master
No point in responding to Braniff. Based on his post, which is full of both factual and grammatical errors, he is either a troll trying to get everyone worked up or an idiot undeserving of anyone’s response. If a prospective FedEx pilot can be swayed by this idiotic post, I don’t want to fly with them...there are thousands more that will gladly take that spot.
05-16-2021, 11:55 AM
#970
Banned
Joined APC: Dec 2016
Position: Sitting
Posts: 223
TN Vs. MS
If you were a new hire based in MEM, would you move to Tennessee or Mississippi? I'm looking to escape the expensive NYC suburbs.
Single, no kids. Pretty much just work and go for walks. Looking to buy a "forever home" with at least an acre or two; prefer to be in the middle of nowhere.
Also have a couple of planes that I would need a hangar for in a airport somewhat near where I live.
Single, no kids. Pretty much just work and go for walks. Looking to buy a "forever home" with at least an acre or two; prefer to be in the middle of nowhere.
Also have a couple of planes that I would need a hangar for in a airport somewhat near where I live.
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