Originally Posted by Busboy

Yah, I read your post. And, you were wrong. Pre-union FDX pay rates were directly related to ALPA pay rates. That was meant to keep ALPA off the property. As time went on, the FDX rates became "75th percentile" of the average of those carrier's rates. Later, they became "75th percentile" of whatever operator's rates management decided to use. Later, they just stopped doing the quarterly review.

Falling far behind the ALPA pay scale was one of the straws that broke the camel's back and caused the FDX pilot group to unionize. So FDX payrates have always been directly related to ALPA's payscales. The only difference between then(pre-union) and now, is that we are now responsible for negotiating the top ALPA payscale.

The real question is: Now that we have our chance...Are we the varsity, or JV. Because we know that, "when you need the TD you give the ball to the ones that perform."





Sorry about the last paragraph..I just can't get CT's post out of my head.