FedEx training letter
11-30-2011, 07:54 AM
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Last summer I was moved back 2 months. I received a notification three weeks ago moving me forward 2 weeks. Now, I am back another 2 months. Makes it tough to plan anything. Why does FedEx do the huge bids rather than small bids every couple months? It would make it easier to adjust to the markets and demands rather than planning staffing 2 years out.
11-30-2011, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 1st overnite
Makes it tough to plan anything. Why does FedEx do the huge bids rather than small bids every couple months? It would make it easier to adjust to the markets and demands rather than planning staffing 2 years out.
We need to change that in our contract!!
11-30-2011, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by FedExBusBoy
Perhaps we have bigger fish to fry??? This isn't high up on the priority list IMO
This may not be the most important thing to change in the next contract, but it does need to change.
11-30-2011, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by FedExBusBoy
Perhaps we have bigger fish to fry??? This isn't high up on the priority list IMO
11-30-2011, 11:46 PM
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Maybe our new SCP is planning to put a stop to the 2 year training letter, with quarterly changes, pilot harassment program.
Some MD11 CA's are sure good things are in store for us now.
Some MD11 CA's are sure good things are in store for us now.
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12-01-2011, 02:15 AM
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Not a lot of this on the 757 letter, but this is to be expected and is a good reason for delaying of training dates.
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New hire MD-11 by Furlough, on Flickr[/IMG]
New hires for the win! On the Airbus I see a new hire dropped in every so often into training, but no big group of them. Still, new hires padding the seniority list are a good thing!
And yes, I am a BIG believer in small bids every month - I had that in a previous life at an airline that just declared bankruptcy. They have twice the pilots and twice the domiciles and using 1960s computers they can still manage monthly bids. Amazing.
[IMG]
New hire MD-11 by Furlough, on Flickr[/IMG]
New hires for the win! On the Airbus I see a new hire dropped in every so often into training, but no big group of them. Still, new hires padding the seniority list are a good thing!
And yes, I am a BIG believer in small bids every month - I had that in a previous life at an airline that just declared bankruptcy. They have twice the pilots and twice the domiciles and using 1960s computers they can still manage monthly bids. Amazing.
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