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Old 02-22-2023, 12:23 PM
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The company should be embarrassed…..EMBARRASSED that they are sooooo cheap in their compensation. We’re NOT going to attract applicants. Management keeps hanging their hat on the pension…wand the fact that since we have one, it means that our pay rates are appropriately lower. I’m embarrassed for them and am no longer a proud FedEx pilot It’s a shame……let’s vote already!!!!!!!! I wanna see that plastered all over Wall Street NOW!
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Old 02-22-2023, 01:57 PM
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Anytime anyone thinks about settling for less. Take a moment and remember the brave crew of the doomed UPS flight 6. That's why we should get paid MORE not because of night flying or fatigue or any of the rest. These company charge a premium to move that stuff and it certainly ain't going as anyone's belly freight. .there are really risks associated with what we do and for that reason alone we should never be paid any less that our brethren carrying the self loading freight.

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Old 02-22-2023, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Shaman View Post
Anytime anyone thinks about settling for less. Take a moment and remember the brave crew of the doomed UPS flight 6. That's why we should get paid MORE not because of night flying or fatigue or any of the rest. These company charge a premium to move that stuff and it certainly ain't going as anyone's belly freight. .there are really risks associated with what we do and for that reason alone we should never be paid any less that our brethren carrying the self loading freight. Vote early. vote often. Vote No!
Sure wish we could vote...
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Old 02-22-2023, 02:53 PM
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/22/fede...tion-vote.html
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Old 02-22-2023, 04:22 PM
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This is a little misleading:
"Tensions have been high as the airline industry rebounds from the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to record losses of around $35 billion in 2020. Contract talks with pilots and flight attendants were further derailed by the pandemic, all while the industry faces a pilot shortage and rising costs."

I doubt that FEDEX lost $35 BILLION.........or lost any money at all.
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Old 02-22-2023, 06:27 PM
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This is a little misleading:
"Tensions have been high as the airline industry rebounds from the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to record losses of around $35 billion in 2020. Contract talks with pilots and flight attendants were further derailed by the pandemic, all while the industry faces a pilot shortage and rising costs."

I doubt that FEDEX lost $35 BILLION.........or lost any money at all.

Very misleading it should have said:
“while the passenger airline industry suffered record losses and was bailed out by the government during the pandemic, FedEx raked in record profits, keeping the world functioning, but somehow pax carriers are reaping rewards, industry leading agreements are close to being inked at delta air lines, where pilots are voting to ratify an agreement that provides a 30+percent raise, quality of life and retirement improvements. Meanwhile FedEx management is unwilling to provide their pilots with the same. “We are among the prize jobs in the aviation industry” FedEx founder Fred Smith has said. Will FedEx management step up to the plate and provide their pilots with an industry leading contact to solidify this claim and reaffirm their PSP principle? That remains to be seen.
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Old 02-22-2023, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by magic rat View Post
The company should be embarrassed…..EMBARRASSED that they are sooooo cheap in their compensation. We’re NOT going to attract applicants. Management keeps hanging their hat on the pension…wand the fact that since we have one, it means that our pay rates are appropriately lower. I’m embarrassed for them and am no longer a proud FedEx pilot It’s a shame……let’s vote already!!!!!!!! I wanna see that plastered all over Wall Street NOW!
​​​​​I came from Atlas, and let me tell you, there will always be applicants. The quality is what changes. Ie. The Houston crash.
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Originally Posted by BluePAX;[url=tel:3596652
3596652[/url]]​​​​​I came from Atlas, and let me tell you, there will always be applicants. The quality is what changes. Ie. The Houston crash.
I would strongly suggest they apply elsewhere and only come here as a last resort. The big 3 need way too many pilots.

A friend of mine works for Sun Country and he loves it. Loves the people he works for and with. He doesn’t want to leave.
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Old 02-23-2023, 09:34 AM
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Claiming FedEx as a last resort is a bit silly. Let’s see where the contract goes. Doom and gloom much? Delta had to get a strike vote. It wasn’t like Ed came to the pilots with an open heart. RELAX
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Old 02-23-2023, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by BertMacklinFBI View Post
Claiming FedEx as a last resort is a bit silly. Let’s see where the contract goes. Doom and gloom much? Delta had to get a strike vote. It wasn’t like Ed came to the pilots with an open heart. RELAX
It really helped us when he went on TV and told everyone we couldn’t strike. Or wouldn’t be allowed to. Or something like that. Pi$$ed off the mediator and that got stuff moving. But I honestly think it was his response to the strike vote more than anything.
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