Originally Posted by
Timeoff2fish
Random Thoughts From The Trembling Hills Home for Paranoid Airline Pilots:
Just prior to contract negotiations, the company announces a whole new fleet of 777's is on the way. It is a solid, done deal. That way we negotiate a better 777 pay rate, giving up something else in the process.
Before the ink is dry on the new contract, FedEx cancels the 777 conversions and places an order for 50 or so A340's which, of course, we can fly for normal widebody rates after we lose our arbitration.
Naw, something like that would never happen.
I wouldn't worry about 340's. Not going to haul what we want. Fairly poor performance from that airplane.
From my understanding, the 777-200 hauls less than the -11. One of the reasons FedEx doesn't want a 777 rate is because they envision replacing the domestic MD fleet with the light weight 777. They don't want to pay our -380 pay scale to guys flying between MEM and DFW when they are hauling less freight that the current MD crews. This is also why they want us to go for the ULR override.