Originally Posted by
Huck
I grew up in this business, and I remember the guys that did 10 years on the panel (my dad did 8). Thing, is, they were hired in their late 20's too.
Honestly, what is the relevance in this situation. Guys have done many years on the panel before and guys this past summer went to the right seat of a wide body day 1. Irrelevant to this situation. The company admittingly trained someone out of seniority order, we all held the same bid as the jr pilot, and it delayed our training. Right out of Ch 24 of the old contract. No wording of how long you must be a plumber or how you must pay your dues. We have all paid our dues in some form or the other.
We just want to know the rationale for negotiating this "intervening award" decision which has the potential to impact a lot of pilots at FedEx.
And someone please tell my why ALPA has an outstanding grievance from 2002, is 5 years normal?