Originally Posted by
Viper446
If we can't make any changes to the A plan, and this TA gets voted in, then we are doing a disservice to the new hires. A new hire now with the same A plan in 25yrs is going to have what, a half or third of the purchasing power of the A plan value today? I don't think any new hire is going to be upset if they get a better B plan with potentially more value than a deflated A plan. This isn't separating the crew force when there is a reasonable explanation why there would be a different retirement option for new hires. This is not like B scale pay rates were there was a definite penalty for being junior.
First off we can make changes to our A-plan. We have done it twice before. A-Plans are expensive, however, make no mistake.
Per the above quote, we'd be doing a disservice to
ALL pilots, especially the ones who have been here for 15 -20 years fighting to get our first and second contracts. The contracts that made FedEx a top choice of many wannabes.
Once you split pilots into separate groups covered differently, you have just split the group. Management will have a Hayday as they will already have a Built in Wedge during future Contract negotiations.