News / As cargo volumes crash, FedEx pilots urged to fly passengers instead

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FedEx Express has gone from negotiating to keep its frustrated pilots onside, to encouraging them to seek employment in the passenger sector by signing with Pacific South America (PSA), an American Airlines subsidiary.

Collapsing air cargo volumes make for a stark contrast against soaring passenger flights since pandemic lockdowns, with some 700 of FedEx Express’s 5,800 pilots now considered ‘surplus to requirements’.

A memo, published on Twitter/X by aviation blogger JonNYC, suggests employment with PSA could ...