Originally Posted by
Cubatticus
I share the same frustrations and questions as the OP. FedEx has its warts but I've also enjoyed some great benefits working here. I like my job here...I really do. I think the junior crowd is concerned about the new direction of the company. Management seems hell bent on squeezing every dollar out of this corporation. FedEx corp will continue to money...even in slow economic cycles like we are seeing today. I came here because of the stability of the corporation. I didn't factor in that Raj doesn't need purple pilots to make money. Where does the airline, and pilot careers, fall into the corp equation nobody knows and is what scares me. PSP is bull ****. It's words on a poster...it's no culture. Employees are treated like **** and our product sucks. It's a race to the bottom chasing the almighty dollar for the shareholder.
What does the future look like with Purple, orange, white flying? Is the seniority list going to shrink to UPS levels or will we capture more markets and eventually grow again? Is this a temporary problem or a long term systemic issue? The ship sure feels like it's taking on water and I want off while the lifeboats are still warm and dry.
Over hiring was done. Unless there is a TA 2.0 this year with sugar for early retirements I predict a furlough. Especially if the Postal Contract is gutted. Remember, it fills 30 WB's daily. That is a lot of extra flying gone if the postmaster general wants to shrink it. UAL has 150 787's on order FYI.