Originally Posted by
MACH84
The Fedex TA is the very same contract imposed by Fedex in 1999, with a few grammatic changes and minor improvements.
The signing bonus...Insuficient, yes it counts toward the 6% B-fund, but
sort of the lost of income for 2 1/2 years.Our retro is half Half of UPS's signing bonus. Bomber..
Payscales....... Less than UPS the first year for wca, except the year 15.
Narrow body capt, under paid...
3.75 duty rig..... Not until jan. 2008.UPS already has it.
Agency shop..... Needed to make free loaders pay their share, but in a controversial letter of agreement hidden on section 29, under Security and Check off... non members get grandfather..but ALPA gets income security.I wonder how much this cost us, because surely it was not free.
B fund up only 1 %... Gentleman, the B fund is money excepted from
Union fees, as well as Per Diem.Wonder why per diem
increased only 5 cents.
Retirees medical plan... This is like 10 pages long, I wonder who is retiring soon on the Negotiating Comitee.
Once we get the 3.75 to 1 duty rig and the pay raise combined, Widebody captains will make good money flying international, but the Narrow body captains, specially the b757, will be underpaid.
SO, please don't call this an industry Standard contract, this is the old contract with lipstick and Agency Shop, but not better than UPS 12 % B FUND AND same payscales for all captains.
The agency shop thing irritates me. Perhaps now would be the time to quit the union, since if it happens before the signing date, I would be exempt from the requirement to pay a maintenence fee? Bet I am not the only one thinking that. Go ahead and ridicule that line of thought, then when your done, put your lanyard on and recite your union provided mantras that mean about as much as a steamy turd in the real world. This TA is sub-standard in many ways. There is a reason that there is a rush to pass this thing by peak.