Originally Posted by
ClutchCargo
Tony:
A- New hires. Not my problem. In fact, I read a lot of anti-T/A pilots on here mad that we spent money on people not on the property.
B- Down Bid. That's pretty frightening. I mean, what would happen if we started parking MD's or A's? Or reducing manning in any particular base? It's not like we've had any down bidding (excess) under the current CBA...
C- Furlough. Were we short of pilots in December 2007? Did the age just change from 60-65? Did we just park ALL of the DC-10s? Did a posting get cancelled and re-posted so all of the over 60 S/Os could get their Captain seats back? I guess that the best thing is to make sure that pilots are in all the "wrong" seats so the company can't furlough. I would posit that a furlough is about the farthest thing from a reasonable question to ask under our current CBA or the T/A. Unless you want to invoke a sense of fear in junior pilots' minds.
I'm confused. Are you saying those 3 are NOT frightening (rationale above) or that they ARE frightening (Anita trying to scare us)?
A - It's sad that you care so little about your future brothers and sisters. (And maybe you could post a link to one of those posts you're talking about.)
B - Yeah, we've had excesses before, and I don't know anyone who enjoyed it. I've been through 2, including one down-bid. At least I didn't have to suffer an automatic pay-rate decrease for using sick leave like we'll have to do with this TA.
C - I guess you don't remember how low the BLGs were on the B-727. Had the most junior pilots been manning the back and right seats, I would bet many of them would have experienced what few FedEx pilots before them have experienced, but only worse. Instead of getting to throw boxes in the hub, they would have been on the street with a furlough to add to their resume. But the junior guys weren't there. They were in Anchorage and Hong Kong and the B-777. The wrong seats saved their jobs; §4.A.2.b. just made sure they got paid less.
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