Ditto, again.

Saying something "positive about the company" is different than defending the optimizer gains for the company. When you do that, your going to get some well thought out responses. And, some cheap shots from the less verbose of us. I know now I should have asked if you wanted PC's job instead of LK's.:D
Everybody here gets what the company is facing: Drive down cost. And we'll help (fuel sense).We just don't want it taken out of our quality of life or paychecks since we didn't see any bonuses during years and years of record profits.

Stole this from the Majors board but thought it appropriate here when looking at any BLG cuts or getting F/O's to fill HKG under the FDA LOA.

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Dilbert for our next MEC President!

Its funny how pilots swear up and down that if things were just done there way, everything would be better, lol. I recently overheard a guy saying that if he had a chance to build an airport (not a small field but a multi-runway) this is how he would have done it.

I think when we are in a fight to be economically viable that we should liberalize are contract as to allow for proper cost measures. As a boeing dude I have no problem with the lines being higher on the MDs, as long as it makes economic sense. That seems like a small price to pay.

I give it three postings max before I get the cheap shots, backwards logic, and teen-aged girl passion rage.

Now as for VEBA, that should be the first thing that we cut!

I would cheap shot you and call you a teen age girl if I knew what the he!! you were talking about. Are you saying it should be OK to have DC-10 lines at 49 hours blg and MD lines at 85 hours blg?

Albie,

There's a reason the IRS has entirely different rules for how often a horse 'business' has to turn a profit.... it's not much of a business.

And take this from someone who had two cutting horses for a long long time: Never ever own anything that eats while you sleep.

I rest my case...

Pilots are so predictable, lol.

I knew someone would take things to the extreme. Let me guess the next thing youll tell me is we shouldnt have any pilots at all that way our costs would really be down.

Albie, your post about saying anything good about the company was spot on. These guys are spring loaded to hate anyone that disagrees with them.

In leaner times I opt for productivity over equality FOR THE MOST PART. In fatter times I opt for equality over productivity FOR THE MOST PART.

Ill give it two post this time.

Albie and Young Jack, I see your point. Here's mine. From approx. 1 year prior to the Tiger merger (1989) until the ram-rod contract of 1998, FDX pilots didn't receive 1 single raise during a 10 year period! With a 2.5-3% inflation rate, that's a cool 25-30% paycut. The contract raises of the last 2 contracts have not beat the inflation rate over the same period.

FDX Corp pays many Millions for FDX Field, PGA Golf, NASCAR, FDX Kinko's name changes, while netting more than a Billion Dollars annually.

Those INTL packages from China do not terminate their trips in MEM. Those same pkgs continue to RSW, TLH, SLC, and other domestic locales. The INTL pkgs require the domestic system.

With a Billion dollar profit for FDX, woefully weak FDA LOA, and no Tiger merger COLA catch-up provisos, I'm in no mood to feel sorry for Fred and his 11 cent dividend.


Common Stock Beneficially Owned
Number Number of Percent of
Name of Beneficial Owner of Shares Option Shares(1) Class(2)

Frederick W. Smith 19,285,224 (3) 2,781,250 7.07 %

(19,285,224) Shares X dividend (.11) = $141,374 X 4 quarters = $565,500 per/yr and you haven't sold any shares yet. Residual income. year after year after year.

stock price of 79 x shares owned = $1,523,532,696

the sympathy tears for the company are just not welling up.

ALPA often protects its members from themselves.

Today it protects me from the whims of Young Jack

Did you call me a teenage girl? Do you like Gladiator movies?

Gee how about world peace and an end to hunger? I'll bet your for those too. Reread my post, I didn't call you anything or attack. I simply was trying to get you to define your rather vague statement. Just how much leeway are you willing to give Fred?

Here is my post again please note the ? at the end makes it a question not a statement.
I would cheap shot you and call you a teen age girl if I knew what the he!! you were talking about. Are you saying it should be OK to have DC-10 lines at 49 hours blg and MD lines at 85 hours blg?