dckozak

Not to tease, but I don't have the time to go into too much detail. did attended the first half of the (old) Adam's Mart road show (location in MEM today at 1300). Saw the power point, couldn't stay for extended T&A.

High Lights (as many as I can remember) in the opinion of Capt C.

Scope.

Much improved, agreement with FDX corp, poison pills removed. Charters incl in scope. Others things can't recall.

Pay

Is what it is

Scheduling

Big improvement and "hidden money", too complex to detail, rest provisions improved, fatigue "decriminalized" (their words) Fatigue not taken from sick account.

Rig improvement plus 8 hrs pay premium considered "hidden money".

Ins

Considered big improvement, all codified in contract, unlike current.


i didn't take notes so its starting to peter out the less interesting details.

For those who like the "big numbers" Deal cost-ed out in 06 dollars worth 850 million in improvements over length of contract. Possibly closer to 1 billion depending how you cost some improvements

RedeyeAV8r

Wish I could have made it.............They need to schedule times where Hubturning folks can make it.

Busboy

Hub turn roadshows 9/13, 9/20 and 9/27.

GreaseA6

One important point the NC Chair made was that if they hadn't "pulled the trigger" when they did there were no more meetings scheduled and the Mediator was going to do to us what they did to UPS last year....send us home for 6 months. Meaning no self-help and we work through peak again.

fly2ski

"Target of 750M closer to 1B" "All we asked for and them some" qoutes from Capt C

MX727

If you are over 53 you will get a non-taxable $25,000 interest bearing account which you can use for health care. Real cash which you will get a debit card to use for health care upon reaching age 59 or it will pass to the spouse if the pilot dies before then. It's called a Health Reimbursement Account. Sec. 27

The pilots that retired after 05/31/04 get the signing bonus deposited into their HRA.

First time that a contract has reached back to the retirees.

Before the young guys (me) whine it's not fair, this is in the contract now and is institutionalized for future contracts. Since most of us plan on retiring, the retiree health care will affect us just like the A plan and B plan. We don't think we'll ever need to go to the doctor right now, but it happens and will happen to most.

Lifetime limit on health care expense goes from $1M to $3M. Health insurance improvements also reach back to already retired pilots.

FDX ran a cold start on the computer with the 1:3.75 trip rig and 13 hour spread. AVG BLG increased 3:45. AVG days off increased 1.5

Intent of the 13 hour spread (high to low) is to keep from having to add the stray trips to pure week-on week-off lines. Right now, according to the way it was explained today, those type lines often have to be increased to keep them within the 8.5 hours of the larger, longer international trips which can't be reduced any further.

Life insurance from the company goes from $100,000 to $800,000. Can opt down to $300,000 to reduce taxes (Excess life line item on W-2). Can also purchase an additional $1M without a physical exam when plan initially kicks in.

clutch

..thanks for the info....let's be patient..and learn more about what's in the ta...it may be hard to do...but we owe it to ourselves...i have my reservations..as all do at one point or another as we read and try to understand the ta...i visited today with a member who was well informed..much better than myself....and appreciated what he explained to me...thanks to all who have worked very hard on this ta....we are definitely moving in the right direction...maybe not all of what we wanted...but ..it is definitely an improvement...and again thanks to every fdx pilot who has helped in this endeavor...if anyone has the oppurtunity to pass on what was said at the road show today then please do,,,thanks again to the nc..the mec and all others involved...for their efforts...and a much better ta than the contract we live under now,,

GreaseA6

Nice job MX727 you take much better notes than I do.

MX727

Thanks for the kind words

IPAMD11FO

What are your monthly premiums for active and retired crewmembers? Copays, prescription drugs, hospitalization?

Thanks in advance.