Originally Posted by
FDXLAG
So all youse guys saying we need a triple 7 payrate; tell me why all your arguments wouldn't apply equally to the 757? It will be the ACFT more fedex pilots will log more hours in for the foreseeable future. IMHO.
The Difference is and Unfortunately it is contractual.
United had language in their contract that said "NO new Airframe can be put into service unless there is a negotiated payrate." If you read our Section 26K it says otherwise. I wish it didn't but it does.
The 757 and 737 were mentioned in this contract as paying naroow body rates if they were put into service.
The 777 isn't mentioned in our current contract so Section 26K applies.
According to the union and in speaking with a Block rep one night during a hub turn. We are already into the arbitration for the 777.
The arbitration will determine wheter or not the 777 is a Wide body or some new category if so a payrate will be decided by the arbitrator. Furthermore, according to the contract, if the arbitrator rules the 777 is a new category and a higher hourly rate applies it will be done so retroactively.
Sorry to enter facts into an APC discussion.