FedEx, the pilot group, is going through some serious changes. I don’t know what was going on in our MEC, but the attitude was one of, “no other airline could be better than us.” It showed in the condescending tone used in spoken and written communications from them. This is a new FedEx. If you carried the jug for this company, that’s great. Remember those days fondly, but admit the company you loved is gone. Everything but the corporate logo has changed. Well north of half of this pilot group does not trust this union to lead them. It is time for change. The new leadership must be more transparent in its intentions. The new NC can not ever ask us to just trust them. They will march into negotiations with specific asks for retirement, pay, etc. if we say industry leading, we mean industry leading. We will increase the A plan or sunset it. This divide the pilot group plan for retirement wreaks of 1988 American B scale crap. It shows how out of touch the NC was with current pilot supply and demand. We all know the company’s leadership team is dug in for the long fight. So be it, we have the upper hand, if we’re patient enough to wait them out. To answer the OP, we can’t trust this leadership team. There are no easy fixes here. I ask that they stick to their word and step down.

Eric Lopkoff
ANC FO