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FedEx


Memphis, TN
www.fedex.com

quicktake

  • Opening a Paris (CDG) pilot domicile, first crew deployments in approx. August
  • Nine Airbus to be based at hub
  • Parking 10 A310s and 4 MD-10s in May
  • Guangzhou, China Hub is open
  • FedEx has reduced line guarantee, 48 credit hours in a four week bid period and 60 in a five week bid period
  • This became effective in February 2009
  • Upped 777 orders from Boeing in January, new total is 30 firm orders and 15 options
  • Four 777s to be delivered each in 2009, 2010, and 2011, with three per year subsequently
  • 777 pay rate under negotiation
  • FedEx No. 6 in Fortune magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" 2008
  • HUD/EFVS (Enhanced Flight Vision System is infrared technology) being installed on D10s; across entire fleet by 2015
  • 24 hrs of FedEx domestic flights video
  • Opening new European hub in Cologne, Germany in 2010
  • Taking delivery of 87 757-200s between 2008 and 2016
  • Largest widebody fleet in the world
  • FedEx pilot trip swap forum
  • Moving Asia-Pacific hub to Guangzhou, China this year
  • Unofficial 401k site
  • This page last updated: Jun 12, 2009 (fleet count)
 
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pilots pilots
4,678
Total
4,678
Active
0
Furlough

ALPA
(amend. Oct 2010)
pilots pilots
MD11: 
57
MD10: 
64
A300: 
63
A310: 
66
757-200: 
22
727-200: 
80

MEM
LAX
ANC
HKG

pilots

Not hiring. FedEx online application.

Past minimums:
ATP or ATPw
FE or FEw
1,500 fixed-wing PIC or SIC ME turbine
1,000 PIC fixed-wing ME turbine (internal FedEx recommendations highly valued)

FedEx interview gouge.

pilots

Call 866-357-5711 to list between 24 and 2 hours prior to travel. CASS participant. FedEx jumpseat finder.



[WIDE = MD11, MD10, DC10, A300, A310]

Monthly guarantee: 52 hours*
Reserve guarantee: 52 hours*

*Bid line guarantee has been reduced by FedEx to 48 credit hours in a four week bid period (52 hours/calendar month) and 60 in a five week bid period).

Int'l override pay/hr:
Capt/RFO/FO/SO:
$9/$7/$7/$6

Contractual pay raises: Oct 2009

Most junior captain hired: Feb 2005 (A300/HKG)

Per Diem :
$1.95/hr (dom)
$2.75/hr (int'l)
 

pilots

401K:
yes
401k Matching:
up to $500/yr
A/B Fund:
2.00%/7%
Other: