Originally Posted by
FreightDawgyDog
"As the past is a fine predictor of the future, what's to say they don't cancel this bid and freeze the closing numbers for proof to an arbitrator that we are willing to fly it?
Opinions?"
Or put them all in place and build the lines to 48 hours. If we have 700 pilots surplus and can't figure out a way to furlough them that makes economic sense, at least get as many pilots as possible working for a huge pay cut. Am I missing something here? I'd say the DC-10, 757 and 777 crews will be hit the hardest here when it comes to BLG reduction. In the case of the 777, pilots will actually volunteer for that.
At my previous airline (AA), pilots "actually volunteered" to get furloughed in place of other, more junior, pilots - they called it Furlough Stand Instead.
The point is, what may seem ludicrous/crazy to one, might fit perfectly in another's plan and be the smartest path for them to take for themselves and their family -not to mention benefit someone else other than themselves.
I understand that chosing NOT to fly every day of the month, and NOT try to suck up all the DFT/VLT flying one can, and NOT to fly 0.89Mach everywhere you go, and NOT to taxi around at 30 knots, and NOT to jump up and pop the doors ASAP to get that "on time" in time on the ACARS, and NEVER calling in fatigued even though you have to have toothpicks to keep your eyelids open during that 0230am landing after a 7 hour flight - are ALL foreign concepts (evidently) to FDX pilots.
But, sometimes, even pilots "actually volunteer" to accept less pay for the good of someone else - RADICALS!!!