Originally Posted by
JohnWick757
Guys we have a lot of work to do. All I keep hearing from guys I fly with is how great Fedex is compared to other airlines. In some ways it is, in others this couldn't be further from the truth. I fear many guys here don't realize what they don't know and have never spent a significant amount of time at the other legacy passenger airlines. Our job overall severely lacks the overall satisfaction and health benefits. The pay is good, but there is way more to life than a paycheck. I made the jump, and have been regretting it for some time now.
The pay really isn't that good unless you're on the B777.
The MD11 guys were making more during covid but that party is 100% over now.
Our QOL is really, REALLY FAR behind the rest of the industry too (substitution, base replacement that you won't even get paid for, uncompensated revisions, money robbed from pilots via the expense report process, etc).
We have a lot of misguided people here that feel like we are the best, even though that's far from the truth. They also foolishly believe that we can't compare ourselves to any other airline because they have PBS and we don't, and to them that somehow means we need accept PBS if we want to get other QOL improvements. It will make you pull your hair out trying to explain that this is not true to one of these clueless people.
But I will agree. We have a LOT of work to do. NO CONCESSIONS.