Originally Posted by
Adlerdriver
I'm not arguing ethics or optics. If you want to go that way, you won't get any push back from me.
I can only go off what you post.
When you say this:
"I'm not sure what your point is, but nobody furloughed while profitable as FDX (or FDX ALPA) is threatening"
You're not arguing ethics You're making a monetary argument.
Actually, no. Furloughing while making billions is an ethical problem. Furloughing to keep a company viable and preserving remaining jobs is potentially ethically defensible.
You cannot separate the money and the ethics. Furlough of necessity vs. furlough of convenience or choice. In the case of FDX, any overmanning was the direct result of poor management decision making. Management should live with those consequences, not junior crew members. I don't really understand why you've chosen this of all things to argue about.