Fedex Pilot

FedEx hires highly skilled pilots who share our flight operations values of safety, integrity, leadership, and professionalism. Being a FedEx pilot is about having technical proficiency as well as demonstrating a love of flying. Explore our minimum qualifications now.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university is preferred
• English language proficiency
• Proven leadership ability
• Excellent communication skills
• Accurate and timely decision making, including threat and error mitigation strategies
• Close attention to detail
• Ability to work during the day or night, including weekends and holidays
• Punctual and reliable regular attendance
• Current valid passport and any other necessary travel documents

Regulatory - (FAA, FCC, TSA, and DOT)

• Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate
• Current First Class Medical Certificate
• Radiotelephone Operators Permit
• Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) Badge eligibility
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug test
• Successful completion of Pilot Records Improvement Act (PRIA) evaluation

Flight Hours

• 1500 hours total fixed-wing.
• 1000 hours PIC in jet aircraft is preferred; multi-engine turbo-prop aircraft, 12,500 pounds or greater; certain single engine turbo-prop aircraft, or combination thereof. A minimum of 500 hours PIC as described is required.

When evaluating flight hours, we 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