Actually there were a lot of people there….

PIBS is still in company's formal proposal but both SS and SL said absolutely NO PIBS will be brought to the pilot group.

Some tough sections are being worked on. Retirement, Health Care, etc.. Most are in the company's court right now. Full contract language is being passed so there is little room for "intent".

Training (Sec 11) is a big section right now. Most guys won't care as it's only a small group but SS point was this will affect almost everyone. Company wants to move most of the Flexes back to the line - which will "add" 200-250 guys back to the flying role which will affect almost everyone's seniority. Also for guys going thru a new program, they may only see a line guy on their MV or LOE. Plus they want the CMV to be called something different and use non seniority guys to conduct those events. So a guy who has never set foot in a FedEx airplane to operate it can down you or tell you what you should be doing. And that's only a road to be like other carriers that have non seniority LCA's or FCA's…

Reserve was talked about a lot. (Most of the Q&A) That was one of the high priorities of the surveys. Fixing how the secondary lines are worked is also being discussed (you put flight #xxx as your #1 choice but a CIC has already taken it- you lose your #1 choice). Guys being denied a drop or move due to "insufficient reserves" was a big complaint. But PIBS will make it better (HA!).

We did not open vacation but the company did.

Our EVP JDP talked about some DC stuff. The Brady v ALPA court ruling specifically. He also praised our MEC and NC for how they are running things..


Again NO Pibs.