FedEx hires highly skilled pilots who share their flight ops values of safety, integrity, leadership and professionalism. Being a FedEx pilot is about having technical proficiency as well as demonstrating a love of flying. The mission of flight operations is to operate a safe, reliable and efficient airline in order to provide industry leading service to their customers. Similarly, being a FedEx Express employee is about consistently delivering the Purple Promise to their customers. Making every FedEx experience outstanding requires pride in your performance and passion about working for FedEx Express.

Required skills

• Languages: English

• Bachelor’s degree;
• Proven leadership ability;
• Excellent communications skills;
• Accurate and timely decision making, including threat and error mitigation strategies;
• Close attention to detail;
• Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) Badge eligibility;
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug test;
• Successful completion of Pilot Records Improvement Act (PRIA) evaluation;
• 1500 hours of total flying experience;
• 500 hours PIC in jet aircraft multi-engine turbo-prop aircraft, 12,500 pounds or greater; certain single-engine turbo-prop aircraft, or combination thereof.
• FAA Class 1 flight crew medical certificate;
• FAA ATP;
• A valid passport allowing unrestricted travel;
• FCC Restricted Radio Permit;
• English Proficiency Endorsement (EPE);
• The unrestricted right to live and work in the US;
• Ability to work during the day or night, including weekends and holidays;
• Punctual and reliable regular attendance.

Desired skills

• 1000 hours PIC in jet aircraft multi-engine turbo-prop aircraft, 12,500 pounds or greater; certain single-engine turbo-prop aircraft, or combination thereof.

Other information

When evaluating flight hours, they consider several factors, including:

• Complexity of aircraft flown;
• Nature and type of flight operations;
• Recency, quality, quantity, and verifiability of flight time and associated logs;
• Hours flown as PIC;
• Hours flown as instructor/evaluator.