Originally Posted by
MalteseX
FedEx started paying passover pay to pilots who bid ANC on bid 0503 or bid 0602 and have not gone to training.
The first "nugget" activated on Aug 24 and all affected pilots got an email and notification saying that they are receiving passover pay "for all trips flown in Aug bid month from the 24th on AND for everything starting with the Sept bid month."
The email stated that it should be reflected on the Sep 15th pay statement.
They also explained that an LOA changed the contract provision that passover pay was to be paid after the individual activated in the seat. The LOA changed it to "as soon as the junior guy activates".
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Just one of the many things that are better at FDX rather than other carriers!!
At Flying Tigers we also had pay protection if a junior pilot was trained first. The big difference is that when a junior pilot was activated,
ONE pilot was protected. It was only done on a one for one basis. My guess is that both Tigers and Seaboard would have challanged that pay protection because the junior pilot activated is getting first year pay. Not sure how an arbitrator would look at that.
I do know that when Nixon imposed a nationwide pay freeze Seaboard used it as an excuse to keep pilots on first year pay. BTW first year pay was $650 a month, no extra no matter how many hours you flew. MAX hours 30 days=120!!!