Originally Posted by acecrackshot

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.