Each negotiating situation is different. The NC did what they could do at the time on the first FDA.

Because the company is offering improvements now doesn't mean they would have sweetened the pot if the first TA had been rejected. Maybe they would have. No hard evidene so no proof.

What is evident is that the company wants to get the new FDAs in place and they would prefer to do it with experienced pilots rather than new hires. Which they could do with no LOA.

Like I said in an earlier post, we (pilots and FedEx) are poised to be on the crest of the international economic recovery wave and out pace our competitors. FDAs part of that.

Yes SIBA deadheads are great but the yield per package is what pays our salaries.