Originally Posted by matty

Exactly! As others have said, the company put new hires in the MD-11. They'll put them in FDA's. SO?

By voting this down we are not helping ourselves in the least. The MEC should have never brought this to us. By voting it down, we only hurt ourselves because we will be left with nothing. If the MEC is willing to bring this LOA for a vote, they probably aren't going to be able or even want to fight the battle for a better one. It is their responsibility to negotiate a new one. If they feel they can not accomplish that task then the should step down and let a new group do it. Sounds good to me.

We need to vote for this one and continue the process of replacing these guys. Specifically DW. When it comes time to negotiate our next contract, we can improve on this LOA. If we vote it down, we get nothing. Imagine trying to negotiate improvements in FDA's in 3 years when we are starting from scratch. We have nothing now, yet the company is trying to negotiate an LOA. They know that to get the pilots they want in a FDA they must offer something. We need to get what the pilot group is worth since FedEx wants to reap the savings of an FDA