You know, I feel a little bit bad (just a little bit) for the purple nuggets. The thought they'd hit the lottery by getting hired at FedEx and then getting an immediate MD-11 f/o position (even if it was in ANC). Yahoooooooo .....

First they get hit with the 4.a.2.b pay cut (like the rest of us), then they get downgraded to MEM 727 s/o (also with a 4.a.2 b pay cut!) ... I mean, that would really s*ck. I know the alternative is being unemployed but the word "grateful" isn't exactly what comes to mind (and I've been downgraded and furloughed at other "once great airlines)."