FedEx domination continues!
09-05-2013, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jungle
Dead wrong, do you actually think UPS has more than twice as many managers as pilots? It is closer to a 6% addition and most don't fly anywhere near the time line pilots do.
Check your math.
Check your math.
09-05-2013, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Huck
Fedex does not fly its entire fleet. At any one time, at least 10% of the total are in heavy maintenance or storage. That percentage grows in times of woe.
Here are the projected operating fleet totals, from the last seat bid:
2013-276
2014-275
2015-277
2016-285
My humble opinion: we are probably overmanned for the next couple of years. If the company succeeds in getting PBS we will be even more overmanned. We may defeat it by a costly labor action.
The bottom line - now's a good time to trim your sails. Pay your debt down, keep driving that old car. Start living on a 55-60 hour BLG and saving the rest. Work on other sources of income. If you're way junior I'd be taking this really seriously.....
Here are the projected operating fleet totals, from the last seat bid:
2013-276
2014-275
2015-277
2016-285
My humble opinion: we are probably overmanned for the next couple of years. If the company succeeds in getting PBS we will be even more overmanned. We may defeat it by a costly labor action.
The bottom line - now's a good time to trim your sails. Pay your debt down, keep driving that old car. Start living on a 55-60 hour BLG and saving the rest. Work on other sources of income. If you're way junior I'd be taking this really seriously.....
+1! Also, I predict we will have PBS on property with our newly amended contract, requiring even fewer pilots.
Fedex pilots are foolish if they continue to think that management will operate the same way in the future as they have in the past. The pressure they are under to increase margins is intense and something not to be underestimated.
09-05-2013, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by MEMbrain
+1! Also, I predict we will have PBS on property with our newly amended contract, requiring even fewer pilots.
Fedex pilots are foolish if they continue to think that management will operate the same way in the future as they have in the past. The pressure they are under to increase margins is intense and something not to be underestimated.
Fedex pilots are foolish if they continue to think that management will operate the same way in the future as they have in the past. The pressure they are under to increase margins is intense and something not to be underestimated.
But, carry on with all your fear mongering. I'm sure there must be someone that will swallow your management-speak drivel.
09-05-2013, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Busboy
And, you're foolish to think that FDX management is foolish enough to think that forcing a strike, to get PBS, is going to raise the margins.
But, carry on with all your fear mongering. I'm sure there must be someone that will swallow your management-speak drivel.
But, carry on with all your fear mongering. I'm sure there must be someone that will swallow your management-speak drivel.
09-05-2013, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by MEMbrain
Our track record of rolling over to management wishes is not good. I predict PBS on property. Maybe getting the '57 on widebody pay would do the trick?
09-05-2013, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark
History has proven that we'll vote for almost anything if you throw in a 3% annual pay raise ...
It would also be embarrassing as a group to be the first to vote in PBS when our company is profitable vs. in bankruptcy protection like all the other air carriers.
09-05-2013, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by MEMbrain
Our track record of rolling over to management wishes is not good. I predict PBS on property. Maybe getting the '57 on widebody pay would do the trick?
09-06-2013, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MEMbrain
Domination in that it will allow us to be even more profitable with the new 767. More fuel efficient, reliable, doing thru stops and has the latest flat panel cockpit.
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