FedEx Express Donates $100,000 to Organization of Black Airline Pilots.Business Editors MEMPHIS Memphis, city, ancient Egypt Memphis (mĕm`fĭs), ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100–c.2258 B.C.), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. , Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001 To enhance training capabilities and prepare African-American pilots for the highly competitive aviation industry, FedEx Express FedEx Express, based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is the world's largest cargo airline. It is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation and delivers packages and freight to more than 220 countries each day[1]. , the world's largest express transportation company, has made a $100,000 donation to the Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP OBAP Organization of Black Airline Pilots OBAP Oberlin Black Alliance for Progress ) for use in the organization's Professional Pilot Development Program. "At FedEx, diversity is an important part of our cultural fabric and we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce," said David F. Rebholz, Executive Vice President, FedEx Express. "The challenge to the aviation industry is to bring together interested and committed people of diverse backgrounds, and make opportunities in aviation available to them." Founded in 1976, the 2,500-member Organization of Black Airline Pilots helps motivate youth to become educationally prepared for life and increases minority participation in aviation through exposure, training, mentoring, and scholarships. The OBAP Professional Pilot Development Program provides training and testing to African-American pilots, increasing their competitiveness for jobs within the airline industry. In addition to the $100,000 donation, FedEx Express was a corporate sponsor of the August convention of the Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Airmen Black servicemen of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) who trained at Alabama's Tuskegee Army Air Field in World War II. They constituted the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military. Inc./Organization of Black Airline Pilots held in Memphis. With annual revenues of $20 billion, FedEx Corp. is the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. and supply chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including: FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground FedEx Ground is a shipping company headquartered in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Originally a small regional package shipping company called Roadway Package System (RPS), it was created to be a discount competitor to UPS. , North America's second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight, a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs brokerage, consulting, information technology and trade facilitation See also Trade Facilitation and Development. Trade facilitation looks at how procedures and controls governing the movement of goods across national borders can be improved to reduce associated cost burdens and maximise efficiency while safeguarding legitimate solutions. |
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