Short chat with a bro who put it best….why would I leave my 16 % pension and seniority to come to a company that is going to offer me a 16% pension and less seniority?

FedEx will never have a problem hiring pilots. In this environment, they will have a challenge keeping all of them. Even if we keep our full A plan (which I am confident we will. It is a strike issue…) the fact the company has telegraphed a desire to end it will make coming here less attractive and staying here less lucrative to those with less than 3-4 years on the property. Our group has helped about 700 pilots get hired here. There have been at least 20 in the last year that have approached me about helping them go other places. Its not a huge number statically, but anecdotally is captures a lot of the mood I am seeing. Last week in Corpus Christi I asked a room full of airline wannabes which airline was their first choice….airline by airline. Not a pilot put their hands in the air when I asked "FedEx?" Its sad, because five years ago we were more than 50% of the guys first choice.