Originally Posted by ultradrvr

A note for you FEDEX people. I wanted your to know I defended your honor yesterday. I was talking to some of the ground people and they were complainng about the paycuts etc. and wanted to know why the pilots dont have to take a cut. They said that its because their union protects them. I explained that in fact you have taken a cut based on the fact that your hourly gaurentee has been reduced from 68 to something like 62 resulting in roughly a 20% pay cut. (would that be 20% ?) They just kind of starred at me. I didnt really go into how much per hour you guys get paid. I'm thinking they would have gotten stuck on the per hour rate and never would do the math. No sense stirring the pot. A manger also came up and said they had heard in a meeting yesterday that the pilots will be furloughing soon. Am I right on this or was I talking out my shorts? I know the F word has been kicked around but what about the other?