A common saying at FDX is "...don't believe it until it's on the ramp and painted purple..." We've heard for years they're retiring the 727s next year...the company will buy us laptops...we're buying 737s...we're buying 757s...etc. They float these test balloons and gauge the pilots' support or non-support upon our involvement in rumors. Then they do what they want anyway. The sarcastic side of me thinks they actually pay someone to come up with these false stories just to get back at us for forming a union.

That rumor is neat if true, but I won't believe it until it's painted purple, you know? Until they sign a contract: no draft, no volunteer and I'm taking my vacation.