Originally Posted by
FDX28
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…
This is huge and the guys and gals better care a lot. In additon to the impending loss of effective seniority for many pilots, this is also how you start to build an airline within an airline. Starting training of non-seniority flight test crews was the first small ripple and nobody even cared.