Originally Posted by Gunter

DL, AA and UAL want the best pilots. They telegraph that in how they work their pilot contracts and how they treat them.

Has UPS or FDX ever wanted the best? I'm not talking about some flowery management statement of goals, I mean in action. What do they do to attract the best?

In a "pilot shortage" environment fear is developing. A few are forward thinking enough to know there is great competition for those with the skills they desire.

At FDX that fear may manifest when training review boards start to get too numerous.