FDXBUSCAPT

I spoke with a person above the CP. It was explained to me that FedEx pilot hiring has been turned over to the legal department for evaluation, which resulted in closing the pilot interview process on the website. This resulted from a case that involves a lawsuit filed against FedEx. One of the requirements for being a courier with FedEx was the ability to read a map (duh). The person who applied for the job did not meet this qualification and therefore was not hired. A lawsuit was filed and FedEx lost. Now FedEx legal is evaluating the hiring process of pilots. I was told that we are losing some really great people because of the difficulty of the test (evidently approximately 70% are failing the exam). I expect that the exam will change to meet realistic requirements and the application process will open again very soon. Once a pilot fails any portion of the interview process, they have to wait a year to reapply. It's a good thing that the courier didn't apply for a pilot position...he would probably be in 727 training right now.

1st overnite

I didn't think anybody passed that test.

vagabond

I'm curious about the new exam for pilots. Does it test map reading? Why such a high failure rate? I must be missing something.

FDXBUSCAPT

Not sure whether there will be a new exam or not. Legal took over to double check to see if there were any loop holes and the possibility of a lawsuit from a pilot who is expected to know how to fly an approach using Lido but can't. Stay tuned.

md11phlyer

The test is gunning down some great applicants. It's a shame that it's come to this. And for those of you who are unaware it is a new test, not the old one that didn't mean anything and had sylogisms and vocab on it. The new test tests your ability to be an aeronautical engineer/engine manufacturer.

Another failed attempt at reinventing the wheel.

Section Eight

I stayed at a holiday in express last night.....

Maybe that would help (and I would need all the help I can get)

Maps? Isn't that what the magenta line is for?

Hope it gets worked out and my phone rings.

Blackbird

That's great news

O'DarkThirty

The rumor I heard (from a LCA) was legal was too involved with hiring a few months ago!!!

bertengineer

So I want to say THANK YOU to Pinnacle for making me take the online CBT program for LIDO, and making me use the charts for quite a while. Who said Frank was full of S--- ?

LIDO, Jepp, NOS...I can raed (spelled wrong purposely)!

FDXLAG

A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a living. "Tim, you be first," she said. "What does your mother do all day?"

Tim stood up and proudly said, "She's a doctor."

"That's wonderful. How about you, Amie?"

Amie shyly stood up, scuffed her feet and said, "My father is a mailman."

"Thank you, Amie," said the teacher. "What about your father, Billy?"

Billy proudly stood up and announced, "My daddy murders people, steals from them, and drinks."

The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to geography. Later that day she went to Billy's house and rang the bell. Billy's father answered the door. The teacher explained what his son had said and asked if there might be some logical explanation.

Billy's father said, "I'm actually an attorney. But how can I explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?"