Originally Posted by
Tuck
Tony or anyone - what's the history on our 15 year scales? How in the world did we ever get those when industry standard was 12?
It's a holdover from the Flight Crew Handbook, which was created in 1975. I don't know if the FCH started out with a 15 year scale or if it was changed later, but the "FedEx Pilot History" on the ALPA website mentions an effort in 1984 by The Company to institute a 13-year, 2-tier pay system. That was followed by a petition signed by 95% of the pilots (sounds like unity?) which was followed by a public chewing-out of the pilots by Massah Fred.
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