FDX - MEC Negotiating Chairman
Why?
On Thursday, October 16, MEC Chairman informed the MEC he is resigning as the Chairman of the Negotiating Committee and the MEC has accepted that resignation. The MEC is very grateful for the energy and dedication that he has provided to the membership in this position.
FE served the pilots from 2002 until 2007 as the Scheduling Vice-Chair/Hotel Committee Chairman. In this capacity he was a relentless advocate for the crew force and devoted countless hours of his personal time to the Union effort with a keen focus on “customer service” with the crew force as his customer. His association with the Scheduling effort had a direct impact in securing scores of scheduling soft parameters, many of which became the basis for new work rules in our last contract.
His recruiting efforts and engagement with the Company to assume a greater role in the fiscal responsibility of training new PSIT members and assuming the responsibility for expenses of those teams saved ALPA hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of his tenure. This allowed greater engagement with the Company for the betterment of pilot schedules. His positive leadership style and tenacity as an advocate was appreciated by everyone associated with that process and these talents led him to be selected as the Negotiating Chairman in 2007.
The MEC feels FE is an example of the dedication shown by the best of our union volunteers. We hope you will show him the appreciation he deserves when you see him on the line.