Latest from FDX ALPA:
48 hour Minimum Bid Period Guarantee and Furloughs- There are rumors that the company will soon reduce Min Bid Period Guarantee to 48 hours on a 4 week month and 60 hours on a 5 week month and then furlough. The MEC has elements of a potential LOA in works that addresses manning mitigation options that could be taken without reducing MBPG’s, should management approach the union stating their intention to reduce MBPG’s, Options include reducing or eliminating various overtime flying, charters and several other provisions to minimize extra flying. This LOA could be employed if we learned of the company’s intent to reduce current MBPG’s below 68 hours/4 week month and 80 hours/5 week month. (Yes, any LOA would need to be ratified by the FedEx pilots). Additionally, the company has a lot of latitude between our current MBPG and 48hrs MBPG which would precede furloughs. The company could, for example, reduce MBPG to 66 hours for months, then if conditions warranted reduce again to, say, 64 hours and so forth.
Where are these rumors coming from...us?
Last edited by magic rat; 07-11-2008 at 04:01 PM.