I'm not sure any review of the "enhancements" of our contract can even come close to rationalizing the lose that the A plan freeze represents. The companies naked attempt to keep the oldest from leaving en mass may backfire, we will only know after the vote. In my opinion the cash payout for giving notice and staying till 31Dec lacks any meaningful meat and may have been one attempt too much to buy (a few) of us off to leave on thier terms rather than our own.

The only reason to even consider voting for this turd is the fear of what will happen next.... nothing The company stalls, the NMB, in the pocket of industry, balks at letting the rights of labor move in the direction unionists died 100 years fighting for, the right to withhold services, without either the state or hired goons to stop them.

Be there no doubt, we loose and we loose big on this TA. You will never be able to replace the diminished value with a big enough "win" in your company or self funded B plan. The 1% increase in B contributions would be laughable if its repercussions weren't so serious . This TA represents the first serious reversal of fortunes by Fedex pilots in 25 years. Astonishingly, it comes at a time when the companies fortunes are on the rise. I can only shutter what to expect if they ever really feel they have a need to reduce expenses. Hopefully I won't be here to see it.