FDX 777 Bid
11-19-2008 | 04:54 PM
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Anybody else wonder if FDX1 is FWS? His email address is [email protected] and his private jet is N1FE? Hmm ....
11-19-2008 | 05:26 PM
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I disagree with your premise.
You assume FedEx was going to CNX the A380 for the 777 from the beginning. I contend the company is merely executing provisions of the CBA offered to them.
Through the incompetence of our NC, and BC in particular, our crew force is forced to deal with this situation because BC and his team were hopelessly over matched by the FedEx negotiating team. This is a team that negotiated a contract with a rival (the USPS), and made the USPS more profitable and improved its performance. At the same time, FedEx was able to better utilize its aircraft, charged a high enough premium to allow for more internal jobs and increased its profit margins.
Our NC failed to execute one of the crew force’s major demands last time around – enforceable, unambiguous contract language. I will contend “A380 Pay Rate” is unambiguous, but tying a higher pay-rate and better work rules to a particular aircraft is naïve and amateur. If we had a professional set of negotiators like the company, I would hope pay rates and work rules would be tied to ULR flying, If they were, we would not be having this discussion.
It is wrong to blame the company for this situation. Why should they pay us more for then 777 when the CBA says A380? Strategic shortfalls by a “Busch League” NC led to this problem. As I highlighted in a previous post, lack of improvements to Section 1 lead to a horrible LOA. Once again, FDX crewmembers find our representation lacking. The company is not at fault here. The fault lies solely with our MEC and their lack of vision, naïve, incompetent leadership and strategic mistakes. Just because our Union holds their meetings in a Holiday Inn Express, that does not make us competent labor lawyers. Also, the lawyers at ALPA are found lacking again, again and again. (Delta, United, US Air, and Northwest). Our MEC and ALPA in general must change it ways and hire professionals. Hopefully, a more qualified NC would noticed the strategic blunder of tying pay rates and work rules to a particular aircraft rather than a type of flying and they would be able to strengthen the contractual language of our CBA.
You assume FedEx was going to CNX the A380 for the 777 from the beginning. I contend the company is merely executing provisions of the CBA offered to them.
Through the incompetence of our NC, and BC in particular, our crew force is forced to deal with this situation because BC and his team were hopelessly over matched by the FedEx negotiating team. This is a team that negotiated a contract with a rival (the USPS), and made the USPS more profitable and improved its performance. At the same time, FedEx was able to better utilize its aircraft, charged a high enough premium to allow for more internal jobs and increased its profit margins.
Our NC failed to execute one of the crew force’s major demands last time around – enforceable, unambiguous contract language. I will contend “A380 Pay Rate” is unambiguous, but tying a higher pay-rate and better work rules to a particular aircraft is naïve and amateur. If we had a professional set of negotiators like the company, I would hope pay rates and work rules would be tied to ULR flying, If they were, we would not be having this discussion.
It is wrong to blame the company for this situation. Why should they pay us more for then 777 when the CBA says A380? Strategic shortfalls by a “Busch League” NC led to this problem. As I highlighted in a previous post, lack of improvements to Section 1 lead to a horrible LOA. Once again, FDX crewmembers find our representation lacking. The company is not at fault here. The fault lies solely with our MEC and their lack of vision, naïve, incompetent leadership and strategic mistakes. Just because our Union holds their meetings in a Holiday Inn Express, that does not make us competent labor lawyers. Also, the lawyers at ALPA are found lacking again, again and again. (Delta, United, US Air, and Northwest). Our MEC and ALPA in general must change it ways and hire professionals. Hopefully, a more qualified NC would noticed the strategic blunder of tying pay rates and work rules to a particular aircraft rather than a type of flying and they would be able to strengthen the contractual language of our CBA.
11-19-2008 | 10:39 PM
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"Check out the big brain on Delco." He pretty much hits the nail on the head in the rest of his statement too. Look at the mess we are in now with no negotiating chairman this close to contract talks. BTW keep FE and his family in your prayers.
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