When All Of Your Passengers Are Boxes: Working For FedEx

Cargo Delivery is A Great Option For Future Minded Pilots

If you follow aviation online, you'll read a lot about the ongoing pilot shortage. We're guilty of contributing to the hype ourselves (if you want to call what some analysts predict is a projected global need for new pilots in the neighborhood of 466,000 by 2029 'hype'). But sometimes what you'll read about the shortage of qualified pilots can focus a little much on jobs and not enough on careers. If you don't know the difference, well you probably will have to think about it soon.

No matter what field you'll go into, you'll likely have several jobs before you truly land in your career.

A job will help you gain experience working with other pilots and the other types of folks that pilots have to work with, but more importantly, a job will get you miles.

When people say that becoming a pilot is their dream job, what they really mean is that becoming a pilot is their dream career.

A career is where your life happens. It's where you form the relationships that will shape your working life, and if you're lucky, a lot of your personal life as well.

So What's it Like Spending Your Career Working As A Pilot For FedEx?

Well, for starters, a lot of people fail to realize that FedEx is actually one of the biggest airlines in the world, it's just that your passengers aren't human. They're cargo.

A FedEx pilot tends to have a greater range of motion on the plane, and may be able to walk around. You don't have to lock the door to the cockpit. You may not have to go through TSA.

FedEx has a reputation for taking care of their employees. In the better situations available to pilots, aviation generally has a family feeling, and that is present at FedEx as well.

FedEx is a company that's consistently setting profit records, which means pilots are typically well compensated. You can make Captain pretty quickly too.

Overall, FedEx is a great company to work for. The job security is a big comfort to many pilots. When other airlines are hit by an economic downturn, the shift might not necessarily hit a cargo delivery company as hard, because shipping and freight aren't necessarily the first expenses to go, like recreational and business travel may be.

There's a range of careers available to anyone interested in becoming a pilot these days. To learn more, call Upper Limit Aviation at 1-855-HELIEDU!