Originally Posted by
Tuck
I still think you don't really understand the differences. Not sure how many people you talk to at the pax airlines but there is a huge QOL difference between junior guys at Delta and SWA (for example) and guys here. System form is just so drastically different that seniority in lines is much more important here than at the pax carriers. In addition our reserve system, usually manned by the junior guys in MEM is much worse than the others (number of long call lines, R24 in HSTBY, short call out time, etc). All that being said it's still a great job here .
So the age is being raised on everything? You'll have to help me out there - no one has ever even proposed an age change to Medicare - Social Security age changes have moved very little. Doesn't mean they shouldn't but they haven't.
I don't disagree with your first paragraph, especially your comment about the system form being so different. So I ask you, what do you suggest, taking into account the system form and the type of flying that FedEx does, to make it better for the junior-most amongst us? But, while you're doing that, keep in mind the senior-most guys as well, after all, they've put in a lot of time and sweat-equity here, and don't deserve to be thrown under the bus to appease the junior guys. Who, I might add, won't be junior their entire careers, unless of course they came here after one or two earlier careers.
As for your second paragraph, all I can say is just wait. It's going to happen, probably in the next 3 or 4 years. The country just can't afford not to raise those age gates. It's being talked about in congress, even as we speak.
JJ