You should strongly consider MEM over MSP. There are a couple of reasons I think this. There are more options to MEM via FedEx than MSP on NWA. Even if there were equal flights, jumping on FedEx is a much nicer experience than slugging it out with the silver elites at NWA. At FedEx, you are assigned a seat (that fully reclines) that is yours, no space available like NWA. Also in MEM you will have better relative seniority than MSP which means you'll be able to hold a line sooner and have a better QOL in MEM. And you should be able to hold MEM in either aircraft right out of training. Here's a list of the daily flights on FedEx. Let me know if you need the 1-800 number to list yourself on FedEx.

FLIGHTS FROM SMF TO MEM

Non-Stop Flights
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FLT# ORIGIN DEP-DATE (Zulu DEP-TIME DEST ARR-DATE (Zulu) ARR-TIME A/C
1229 SMF 03/28/2008 19:07L (02:07Z) MEM 03/28/2008 12:43L (05:43Z) DC10-30
0802 SMF 03/28/2008 06:02L (13:02Z) MEM 03/28/2008 11:42L (16:42Z) MD-11
0463 SMF 03/28/2008 06:52L (13:52Z) MEM 03/28/2008 00:28L (17:28Z) DC10-30

 

Excellent, thank you so much for the info. I guess MEM just became my #1 base choice. Flying out on NWA for the interview worked out ok, but the plane was very full and I could see getting bumped easily doing that as a commute. Seat fully reclines on FedEx? Nice.

 

April 7th CRJ-900 class, is the list of bases they will be offering floating around yet?

 

If you go to mymesaba website and click latest vacancy award, as I recall all three bases are available for new CRJ9 FOs. MSP, DTW, MEM.

 

All three bases are available, but that means those already here will shuffle first... New hires will be getting whatever is left over.... IE don't count on MSP being available.

 

Im assuming we get our login information to "mymesaba" at training?

 

March 31st is when the award comes out. With that we will know how many new hires in each base for the April 7th class. Stay tuned.

 

Where can you find FedEx route schedules? Where can you list for them?

Also, does anyone know between detroit or memphis which is faster to get off reserve?

Thanks guys!

 

http://www.alpa.org/fdx/jumpseat/

 

That's gonna be super helpful, thank you