Second Officer / First Officer
various · various · minimum 1,500 hours · permanent · apply on fedex.com
Hiring as of Aug 2026; 500 PIC min.
Pay & conditions · North America
FedEx Express: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
USA · Cargo · FX / FDX
Hiring now
Hiring per careers page (Aug 2026); new contract June 2026.
Pay
First officer
USD 113.39–332.49 an hour
about $102–299k a year
Captain
USD 327.84–469 an hour
about $295–422k a year
2026 CBA (eff 29 Jun 2026): FO yr1 $113.39 NB/$117.54 WB; FO yr15 WB $332.49; CA yr1 NB $327.84; CA yr15 WB $469. +3%/yr 2028-30. Guarantee 68 hr/4-wk bid period.
Agreement news
- Ongoing Contract Negotiations with FedEx Pilots ↗
FedEx · summary - FedEx Pilots Ratify New Collective Bargaining Agreement (ALPA press release) ↗
Air Line Pilots Association, International · summary · 2026
Open vacancies (1)
Conditions
- Allowances
- New hires: cash balance plan 9% + 9% DC; retro pay up to $150k CA / $102.5k FO; intl override.
- Roster
- Bid-period lines; reserve.
- Bases
- MEM, IND, OAK, LAX, ANC
- Fleet
- B757, B767F, B777F, MD-11, A300
- Benefits
- Cash balance pension + DC, medical, jumpseat.
- Union
- ALPA
- Careers site
- fedex.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Type rating
- company-paid
- Licence
- FAA Commercial w/ ME/IR; ATP
- Other
- 500 PIC hrs (1,000 preferred); bachelor's degree
Sources
From an agreement or official source · figures from 2026-06 · checked 31 Oct 2026
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