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bafanguy
2nd Apr 2018, 20:12
FedEx had alluded to the development of a pilot pipeline when they announced the purchase of a bunch of Cessna SkyCourier 408F aircraft.
They'll get a lot of interest as FedEx is one of the best jobs in the biz...and they have a lot of TP feeder airplanes to crew.
Here are the preliminary details:
Purple Runway – A FedEx Pathways Program has three main objectives:
• To further career development of pilots during their employment with the feeder;
• To assist the feeder operator in its efforts to recruit high-quality, well-trained candidates; and
• To provide FedEx Express with an early opportunity to evaluate feeder pilots as potential applicants for available FedEx Express trunk positions.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180402005289/en/FedEx-Express-Announces-Purple-Runway-%E2%80%93-FedEx
A Squared
2nd Apr 2018, 20:29
Cynical view ... a ploy by Fed-Ex to help their contractors continue to get applicants without having to offer competitive terms.
bafanguy
2nd Apr 2018, 21:15
Cynical view ... a ploy by Fed-Ex to help their contractors continue to get applicants without having to offer competitive terms.
AxA,
Mmmmm...could be. ;)
Here's what Empire has to say:
Empire Airlines :: purplerunway (http://www.empireairlines.com/careers/purplerunway)
And from Mountain Air Cargo:
http://www.mtaircargo.com/purplerunway/
The world's longest job interview ? Worth it I guess if it pays off.
flyboyike
2nd Apr 2018, 23:07
Cynical view ... a ploy by Fed-Ex to help their contractors continue to get applicants without having to offer competitive terms.
Pretty much.
bafanguy
3rd Apr 2018, 08:20
The Empire statement on this program under Program Eligibility says:
"Eligible to work in the U.S. and qualify for rapid visa insurance"
What's "rapid visa insurance" ? Mountain Air Cargo makes the same statement.
To anyone's knowledge, have the TP freight feeders employed expats ? It's odd they'd mention visa unless they were dealing with visa holders.
The Empire statement on this program under Program Eligibility says:
"Eligible to work in the U.S. and qualify for rapid visa insurance"
What's "rapid visa insurance" ? Mountain Air Cargo makes the same statement.
To anyone's knowledge, have the TP freight feeders employed expats ? It's odd they'd mention visa unless they were dealing with visa holders.
Hey B,
It’s got nothing to do with a work a Visa. Think issuance of a Crew Visa for China etc. Why MAC or Empire need it, I don’t know. It may be just a flow down of a FedEx corporate requirement. Or they fly to somewhere that requires more rapid visa issuance ?
bafanguy
4th Apr 2018, 21:40
Hey B,
It’s got nothing to do with a work a Visa. Think issuance of a Crew Visa for China etc. Why MAC or Empire need it, I don’t know. It may be just a flow down of a FedEx corporate requirement. Or they fly to somewhere that requires more rapid visa issuance ?
JPJP,
Well, FedEx has sure done a poor job of explaining that one.
Do they really think a bunch of young fresh CPLs in search of a road to the Big Time really understand that requirement ?
Or maybe we old farts don't understand ? :*
bafanguy
6th Apr 2018, 21:01
When you dig into the fine print of this program, it all seems rather underwhelming. Much ado about very little ?
Hi, bafanguy,
A buddy of mine interviewed at Go Jets a couple of weeks ago. He has
been a captain for the last 25 years and they offered him 2nd-year captain pay.
So, I guess that offer they are advertising for up to 10 years is a bunch of BS!!
BDD
havick
7th Apr 2018, 06:31
Hi, bafanguy,
A buddy of mine interviewed at Go Jets a couple of weeks ago. He has
been a captain for the last 25 years and they offered him 2nd-year captain pay.
So, I guess that offer they are advertising for up to 10 years is a bunch of BS!!
BDD
25 years of a Captain where? There’s caveats as to what time counts as longevity pay there I believe
flyboyike
9th Apr 2018, 14:31
Hi, bafanguy,
A buddy of mine interviewed at Go Jets a couple of weeks ago. He has
been a captain for the last 25 years and they offered him 2nd-year captain pay.
So, I guess that offer they are advertising for up to 10 years is a bunch of BS!!
BDD
Do I dare ask what a 25-year Captain was doing applying to GoJets?
ironbutt57
13th Apr 2018, 09:45
Do I dare ask what a 25-year Captain was doing applying to GoJets?
was wondering that myself...