Originally Posted by Noworkallplay
You see they have watched FedEx get aircraft orders after aircraft orders. They have seen bid after bid producing less than two year captains. They have seen our fleet grow while theres stays almost stagnant. I’m sure it chaffs they’re arss and creates resentment.
Factually inaccurate.
While FDX has
definitely ordered more aircraft than UPS, many of those orders are for fleet recapitalization. The FDX historical Stat Book shows 371 trunk aircraft in at the end of FY'17, while projecting a total 416 trunk airframes at the end of FY'22. That would represent airframe growth of a bit over 12%.
From Q4'17 through Q1'22, UPS will have experienced airframe growth by a bit over 21%.
I'll concede that it appears as though FDX will grow by 38 airframes 2023-2025 based on existing orders...but that's a lot of time for 1. UPS to order additional airframes, or 2. FDX to retire some existing airframes.
If any of us had a crystal ball, we'd not be driving jets for a living and arguing on APC but drinking umbrella drinks on a beach.
Again - C2078's point about staffing was not airline or pilot specific, but rather companywide and lifted pretty much from your earnings call. Some posters took it as a slight against FDX pilots or FDX as an airline, which it was not.
What happens at Purple impacts what happens at Brown, and vice-versa. We should be paying attention to what happens at not only our own shops, but each other's. A rising tide lifts all ships and what not...
If we're jealous of anything, its your catering.