Originally Posted by
lowflyby
Interested to hear you expand on “it might not be about you”. (You meaning us poolies)
Happy to answer. I live in MEM (cue the snarky comments), I’m not in a position to move, and I’m not interested in commuting the rest of my career. Understand company has changed, pilot group is splintered, and it’s not all unicorns and rainbows. However, the long term financial package is way more than what I would get if I stayed put. I have a good job now, but still would be a good move for me to FedEx for several reasons. Everyone has their own reasons and many on here will surely nail me to the proverbial FedEx crucifix for saying I’m still wanting to work there, but it’s a decision me and my family still feel good about.
(Ducking for cover)
I think lots of the "hiring talk" is for now, just that, and intended to give people a reason for vote for the TA, and close the book on this particularly ugly chapter of Fedex labor relations.
Again, I'd love to be proven wrong, and lots of well informed people are assuming its going to occur. But I think the primary audience is the pilot group, in an attempt to sway the pilot group to give them a reason to vote yes.
We all have our reasons, some better than others, for the airlines and jobs we take. One thing that is hard to explain to people is the money made in your career is in the last 5 years, not the first 10. So, you're banking on that last 5 being the valuable 5, and not a case of bankruptcy or career stagnation (to say nothing of the cases of medical out or similar bad luck.)
That's a function of getting a good seniority as early as you can. If you're leaving a seniority number at any Legacy on the table, you're talking a future opportunity cost lost in terms of 35-50K per month in right now dollars. Just my opinion.