Originally Posted by
Cocoloco
My point exactly. FDX has the $ to fix it ALL. We just need the fortitude to make it happen. No A-plan increase of at least 20% is a No Vote. Been over a decade since one red penny has been added. And DAL/AAL hourly plus. And Scope. Trading and moving $ around ain't going to cut it. FDX needs to go get more Flour and make a larger pie. What they are spending on Stock buybacks in a quarter would cover everything. Period.
Yes the company has more money. Delta and United had more money too, but there pilots didn't get it. What do you think is going to happen when you go in and demand an additional 2 billion dollars, knowing that we already got Delta + 30%? What are you going to do when the company says no? Hold your breath and stomp your feet. Everyone knows that the Govt will never, NEVER let us strike. What do you think the NMB is going to say when we tell them we want another couple billion?
I think that they would tell us we are barganing in bad faith and need to take 6 months off and think about what we want.
By the way I do not have a military retirement. Got kicked out for not making 04. I have been planning on a pension of $130k since I got hired. It would be nice to increase it but not at the expense of 75% of our crew force. If we ever want to get a TA that will pass we need to be way more equitable to the junior guys.