Originally Posted by FDXAV8R

I'm with cloud sailor. Just because the union has professional video production and some nice talking points doesn't make what they are saying true. They have an agenda to sell this deal and they are doing the best to get us to just suck it up and pass this turd. Read it, talk amongst each other and spread the word. It will take a grass roots effort to defeat this thing. Unfortunately we now have to work against the guys we are paying to represent us. The Union officers and the NC let us down--plain and simple. FedEx has seen profits nearly quadruple in the last 15 years. Let me remind you this has been the worst period I can remember in commercial aviation and the for the U.S. it has been the greatest recession since the great depression. The total cost of our contract over the next 6 years is depending on how you look at the numbers is somewhere near one half of 1% of the total revenue the company is forecast to earn (that is predicting no growth).

Just because our union says the TA is industry leading doesn't mean it is.

Just because they say it is difficult and costly to preserve the value of my A fund doesn't make me anymore willing to give it up and watch inflation diminish the value of what we have all worked so hard for.

I'm not giving up work rules. We ain't in bankruptcy or financial crisis. Oil has been hovering around $40 a barrel, there is a pilot shortage, we are buying airplanes, building huge facilities, and paying huge management bonuses. Union officers and NC-- I'm tired of waiting for the next contract.

I want a real pay raise with QOL improvements not concessions, protect the value of my A fund and then a 1 or 2 % B fund will be acceptable, protect the value of my benefits and quit calling my back pay a bonus. It is the money the company owes us after dragging these negotiations on with false promises. All they did was wear us out and now my own union is trying to convince to vote for another contract extension with work rule concessions.

I supported the union fully until they started to try and sell us this POS. We need to recall all the Yes votes and put those guys back out on the line so they can remember how hard the rest of us works to pay their salaries and expense accounts. Stop being afraid, stop worrying about offending other crewmembers, spread the word Vote NO. We can live under our current deal, and as long as we dump the YES votes I think we can find the leadership to get us the deal we deserve.