Originally Posted by
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15% payraise? Passes probably at 55% min.
That's my feel talking to pilots. You can try to talk about SWA and Fedex but some don't care. "I don't want to fly all night!" um, even on the 88 I seem to be landing at 1-3am lately.
"I don't want to fly SWA trips. It's too much. I come here, I want 1-2 legs a day, I want long overnights so I can drink some beer. I mean those guys do like 20 hour 3 days! That's stupid."
I'll keep fighting but 55% at a min if they promise 15% raise, that's my sad bet.
Hey FTB,
For the folks that you run into, who do not want to use FDX as a peer airline because of night flying :
1) tell them to ask Buzz about his MCO redeyes, etc.
2) FDX is a 24/7 operation with significant daytime ops......whether by default on ocean crossings, or all daytime domestic.
3) Somewhere around 50% seniority in seat will enable you to fly all days, if you choose. It will cost you 1-2 days more per month.....14-15 day flights vs. 12 night flights in an average month.
4) My last 5 years there I exclusively flew days....and I never rose above #20 in my seat.
5) FDX definitely needs to be a frontrunner in our contract goals. The DAL operation is much more similar to FDX than SWA...IMHO
Regards,
BG