Originally Posted by ColtF15

Nowork,

After reading your posts, I’m very surprised we work at the same airline. I too recently came from another major and have an experience and perspective that is 180 out from yours in terms of what FedEx provides for me today and what I hope for it to provide in my retirement years. Even if everyone suspended the influence of Covid on the economy and how the big three are forecast to furlough nearly 10k of our pilot brethren, how is this gig not a substantially better flying position than what was over there ‘pre-rona’?

Your comments lead me to believe that you are unhappy and angry with those about to retire. The very people that built up THE industry leading contract, QOL, pay and retirement. In my opinion, focusing on 4k a month in training and no hotel is losing the forest for the trees. Further you are not even comparing apples to apples, at AA you didn't get hotel or per diem if you did training in your base OR if you lived within 50 miles of the training facility. Even counting training pay, my first year at FedEx eclipsed AA. And recently, outside of a negotiation, our Captains fought for and got hotels for BI.

The efforts of those Captains further reflects the professionals I fly with on the line. Actions like BI hotels and the fact I never pay for food or drinks because the boss is always buying, aren’t dividing us as you say, but uniting us together so we can stop our in-fighting and focus on what matters.

I like this job, I like this company, and I’m grateful to be here to do it. So, I do the walk around, fold the napkin on the water bottle, make the coffee and back up the guy or gal sitting to my left as best I can and in exchange I get to learn how to fly in this system and most importantly learn how make this job last for my next 30 years so someday I can hopefully pass along a fantastic job to the next generation.