Originally Posted by
easyflyer
Let's start with bargaining in good faith. When the company costs the TA the exact same way with 700 fewer pilots it explains very clearly why we aren't moving forward. Is that the fault of the guys that stepped up to fight for a contract for EVERYONE and not just Block 1 and 2? Are they foolish to stand firm until a contract that can ratify presents itself? In your world we just roll over and accept table scraps, right?
Again, I voted against the TA and I don't think we should accept a concessionary deal.
We're about to enter year 11 of a 6 year deal. Really think about that... the company is likely to get a true BOGO out of the 2015 contract. The MEC/Management relationship seems more akin to the WWE than actual labor representation. I just don't understand how anyone considers what we're doing now as "fighting" and/or "standing firm".
Originally Posted by
Nightflyer
If you really have 3 decades left before you retire, and I don't doubt you, you should seriously consider working somewhere else. The old FedEx is gone. The new FedEx will treat you poorly for the next 3 decades. If I were in your shoes, I would have left already.
Just some friendly advice, you can take it or leave it.
That's fair but what do you mean when you say the "old Fedex"? (Genuinely asking) because according to the MEC's pilot history timeline and almost every sr person I talk to, management has always had a contentious relationship with labor... particularly during negotiations. Perhaps I'm underestimating JD & the new squad but again, I'm not sure (yet) that a tough bargaining cycle is cause for surrendering decent seniority and starting over somewhere as #15,000 or whatever. I reserve the right to be woefully wrong about this, of course.