Originally Posted by
schloppy1
I will put real money on the table that, if this company drops the pension, they will fight like he** to find new hires. It doesn’t matter what the background is, everyone I work with states they are here for the pension. Without it, we’re one small step above Atlas. I took months off at Atlas with their vacation. Pre-Covid, I had more time off at Atlas. I’ve also jumpseated many times with United/Delta pilots that take months off as well. Without that pension, there is very little reason to come to FedEx. Pass a contract without the pension and lower pay rates and let’s see what happens.
I hate to break it to you, but the reality is most new hires are pretty young these days, at the legacies at least. They couldn’t care less about a 20+ year out of date A plan. There’s a major lack of reasons to join FedEx these days unless we can tie up an industry leading contract. I’d like to say looking at you management, but in all reality, we’re looking at you FDX ALPA. Cut the $hlt. Open the stuff back up that matters, scope and scheduling! If they won’t pay us, that’s their own death sentence when it comes to hiring pilots again.