Originally Posted by
MD10PLT
This is the part I don't get. The union put forth a very good proposal to mitigate the over-manning, which was a win-win proposal. The company shot it down cold....
...I can understand why they would not be willing to address early retirements, but the rest was very good....
Clearly there must be something, we are not privy to, going on.
Please explain why the company isn't willing to/shouldn't consider early retirements?
Not all senior pilots have lossed a bundle in the market (...thought many have) and some have other plans for life after FEDEX. Is it the majority? No way. But there are some out there. And a offer with an expiration date, may be a once in career opportunity they can't pass up ---- yes, even in bad times.
In the past 2 weeks, I've heard at least 5 senior pilots in a variety of settings say "make us an offer and we'll consider it".
If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, but why is this tool not being pursued as a long term solution that doesn't require rehire and retraining on the backend.