Many of us on this board, while very junior at Purple, have been through this before. The key is not to panic and stay unified.

Save, don't spend. Choose safe investments. If you're in the guard/reserves, stay. Consider taking a year to go on orders and go to school or do a flying or staff tour. If you're not currently serving, consider joining back up. If you're a civilian only guy, develop a buisness.

There are contract protections in place to keep the guys on the property on the property. We have to hold the company's feet to the fire to the letter on these protections. The company will try to exploit our fear and try to divide us. That's their job; our job is not to be divided.

It's my belief that FedEx will not furlough. Guys in ANC, guys in HKG, paid moves, training cycles, I just don't see it. But they will make you think they will and take full advantages of your fear. The guys I worry about are the guys like the 727 CA I flew with a few months ago: big house, big car collection, two airplanes and a nose in VIPS open time every time he was near a computer. If you're flying your month plus two trips and barely making it as a narrow body CA, you need to slow your roll.

Read the contract, know the contract, enforce the contract.