(FEDEX POST from another section of APC)
We all need to understand 4A2B is ALL ABOUT TURNING UP THE OPTIMIZER and LOWERING OUR PAY. It is a precise attack on our CBA under the guise of a prevention of furlough.
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To start: I am a bottom 300 UPS furlough fodder:

This is a quote from one of the FedEx bubbas. Their contract allowed reductions in guarantee for furlough prevention and the company pounced upon it making individual fleets reserve guarantee as low as possible. If I understand it correctly they wanted FULL reserve days for less money instead of giving back days at least to the guys. I see many 747-400 schedules have a 14+24 scheduled duty period solely because the contract says they can make 14+30 extendable to 16. This computer optimizer is exactly what is putting me and 299 of my friends on the street. Personally I feel that if we lower the guarantee they will just reap the excess of the lines through optimization making every line exactly what the reduced guarantee becomes. I am proud of the union for proposing options even if these options do not all fit my ideas. WE DO NOT OWE $50 Million dollars if this number was just thrown out to make me feel that my work if solely monetary based. It makes me feel for the first time that I am a contractor instead of an employee. I noticed the Chief Pilot Line did not show any counter offers to include buyouts, medical coverage while on PLOA/MLOA, early retirement incentives, etc. The only comment was our proposals do not cover all costs. An old saying is that a chart can be made to look exactly like the guy paying for the chart wants it to look. I am sure it is possible to make it look like a guy accepting early retirement is actually costing money.

I personally would rather hit the streets than spend the next 10 years getting back to the current contract.

Fish