Originally Posted by bustinmins

For arguments sake, let's assume we're 500 pilots fat.

500 X 884 (yearly basic BLG) = $442,000

$442,000/12 (mos) = $36833/monthly savings needed to keep everyone on the property.

$36833/4776(pilots) = 7.71 BLG reduction from each pilot to prevent a furlough.

As for me, I can take a 7.71 BLG hit per month. I will gladly take this hit to keep everyone on the list in the house.

While I agree, you'll feel the 8 hour reduction in your check, you'll also reap benefits by not dividing this pilot group more than it already has been.

We'll see if the "list" will ride this one out with the junior guys or will they simply write an LOA to kill that little paragraph and send the junior pilots into the worst aviation market we've seen since 9/11.

Time will only tell. I'll just bet the pilot group votes and approves and LOA to save their precious 8 hours per month. Only time will tell if the FedEx motto really is "It's all about me" or "United We Stand One and All".

The good money is on the the "it's all about me" but I can always be optimistic.