Originally Posted by highsky

...said the FedEx pilot who is reaping the rewards of belonging to a strong union.

Just how much money and benefits do you think you'd be earning if your pilots weren't unionized? Without your union's support, do you really think you guys would have hundreds of excess pilots sitting around on the property now, GETTING PAID, or would they more than likely be laid off...PERMANENTLY. Don't forget that post-furlough recall rights are priviliges negotiated and enjoyed only by UNIONS.

Your assertion that FedEx doesn't have an enormous advantage over UPS by having a non-unionized labor force is laughable.

I don't see anything funny at all about this parody. It's both misleading and slanderous. The REAL bailout has been for FedEx over the forgoing decades by exercising marginal and out-dated loopholes in the RLA. Fred has done a remarkable job over the years by greasing up his pals on Capitol Hill with "lobby" money, in order to preserve these provisions and enjoy his high end of the non-level playing field with his prinicple competitor. Fortunately, this unfair advantage is coming to an end, and now we can truly compete as we ought to be doing. This is the American way.