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The new process will be referred to as a “Personal Endorsement” or “PE.” As part of this process:
Current FedEx crew members can serve as a PE to support an internal or external pilot candidate once every 10 years. PEs will be tracked and the limits will be applied by Flight Recruitment.
Probationary pilots become eligible to make a PE after completing their probationary year.
A PE will not guarantee an applicant will be invited to undergo the selection steps of the hiring process. Candidates who have a PE must still meet the qualifications and experience requirements which place them in the zone of consideration for hiring.
Although a candidate may have multiple PEs, a FedEx crew member may still only serve as a PE once every 10 years.
The most effective and reliable PEs will be based on a crew member’s first-hand knowledge of a candidate’s aviation skills, work experience, and fit with our FedEx culture.
Previously, a pilot could submit an unlimited number of candidate recommendations for individuals with whom they may or may not have had first-hand experience. The result was that the impact of a recommendation was less than what we would all hope for. By limiting the number of PEs that a pilot may exercise, we hope to dramatically increase the significance and quality of a given PE. With that same goal in mind, we will also only be accepting PEs from pilots who have no discipline on file for the five years prior to the date of the PE.
As part of the transition process, all existing recommendations will be purged from this system as of February 28, 2017, and pilots who wish to enter a PE may do so beginning March 01, 2017, on the PilotCredentials.com website. If you had an existing recommendation for a candidate and you wish to serve as a PE for that same candidate, you will need to complete the process at the site referenced above.
Conversely, if you choose not to serve as a PE for a candidate you previously recommended, you need not do anything and the lack of a PE for that candidate will not be held against him or her. In other words, we will be working with a clean slate as of March 01 2017. If the candidate for whom you serve as PE either fails to successfully complete the selection process or rejects a FedEx job offer, this PE still counts towards the limit.
I sincerely hope and believe that this PE process will provide us with what we all really want with respect to pilot candidates who are interested in our Company – the opportunity to provide a meaningful Personal Endorsement of someone you know first-hand, that you respect, and that you believe would be a great FedEx pilot.
We will also publish a communication on Monday, February 27, on PFC with FAQ’s which should address other questions you may all have regarding this new program.