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I saw some pictures that a friend of mine posted on Facebook of him at the Flight College and I saw a sight that intrigued me.

It was a Cessna Grand Caravan (C208 is it?) that was painted up in FedEx drag, so I assume it flies fairly short flights delivering mail from hub to hub, so I was wondering... would flying that plane be considered post-airline pilots rating, or is it a position that is usually filled by pilots raking up the hours to get the airline rating?

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

It was one of these

http://www.air-and-space.com/20040924%20SBA/DSC_3949%20Cessna%20208%20Caravan%20N762FE%20Fedex%20left%20side%20landing%20l.jpg

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: why not...

Why not just contact FedEx and ask 'em?

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:

I figured if I asked the question here we could at least get some conversing going on. isn't that what the board is for ? Laughing

you know we love ya ya big squirrel!

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_Transport_Pilot_License

That says that ATP is required for max gross weight of over 12,500 lbs on major carriers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Caravan
The max t/o weight for a c208 is 8750 pounds according to wiki

That doesn't mean FedEx doesn't have an ATP guy in a c208, but he would be overqualified to do so. That job probably only requires a commercial rating.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

Huh, I never really looked up what the ATP license meant as far as weight restrictions and stuff. Sounds good!

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:43 am Post subject: conversation?

Conversation? Well.....why didntcha say so?

The reply is:

That's what they make you drive when you scratch the 777 Razz

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:00 am Post subject: Re: conversation?

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: conversation?