Originally Posted by Noworkallplay

Just found the email from the union Scope Committee a few weeks ago. We all got it. Many appear to have not read it. Lays it all out clearly. To be clear, I’m all for scope improvements. Lets not act like this is a new dynamic though. If it was cheaper the company would be outsourcing more not buying new airplane after new airplane. Hiring is at its highest rate in company history per the fleet updates sent out recently. Are we chasing our tails a bit? Before we know it we wont even know what we are trying to accomplish this round of negotiations. Retirement, pay, a few quality of life things.


“Our scope language addresses wet leasing. The Company may wet lease a minimum of two aircraft for up to four bid periods per calendar year with three of those bid periods required to be consecutive. Three unique penalty triggers then may apply.
The first is provided in Section 1.B.6.a. and covers wet lease operations that “assume flying regularly and historically performed by FedEx crewmembers” for more than two bid periods. Such wet lease operations which exceed two bid periods begin to accrue penalties through the conclusion of the wet lease. This is the situation for the two Western Global MD-11s mentioned above.
The second trigger is provided in Section 1.B.6.b. and covers wet lease operations that exceed the maximum number of aircraft based upon the net number of hulls the Company adds to the fleet during the calendar year. The most recent scope penalty payment was based on this provision.
The third trigger is provided in Section 1.B.6.c. and covers wet leasing done beyond the previously mentioned four bid periods. Penalties under this provision are significantly higher than the preceding two.
From a recent historical perspective, Company wet lease activities resulted in penalties from 2015, 2016, and 2020. Notably, the duration of some of the current wet leases are running significantly longer than past wet leases. We are carefully following this development and have highlighted this aspect to the MEC and the Negotiating Committee”