Damn, this is worse than I thought. I'm too old and been here too long now, but if you are in the bottom 1000-1500 or under the age of 40, maybe even 45, you seriously need to look at other options. Only caveat is this being the biggest grenade of a distraction in negotiations that I remember here. Keep the eyes on the prize. Tough.

 

It’s hard to take any system bid here serious. Nothing gets trained out and usually gets cancelled and manipulated. Isn’t that the definition of a Ponzi scheme?

 

no social security and our post-65 prp or whatever it is are the definition of a ponzi scheme.

 

Not to sure about your outlook. Have you been to NRT or KIX lately? We have 9 WB's on the ramp compared to 2 for our main competition. Both gateways. So do we really need flights to CDG, MEM, ANC, OAK, SIN, CAN, ICN, etc? I foresee many flights consoladated.

 

I’m with you on that, I won’t be surprised if we start hiring before peak.

 

I don't know many people who retire willingly in an economic downturn because of a contract. I am just spitballing here but the number most likely will be a lot lower than what bounces off the walls of AOC.

 

FedEx announced a further 30% reduction in Pacific flying at the DRIVE event. Consolidation has already stated.

 

No. They’re reducing Pacific by 30% of todays flying which isn’t COVID flying.

 

If it is from Covid why are there less 77F MEM slots on this bid than on 20-02 no work?

 

The system bid isn’t even my concern. A couple years of heartburn is something I could deal with. ASL getting 767 for their Australian ops? Can you say Qantas DH to CAN? Richard Smith quoted tonight saying the EUR 757’s are coming back stateside after the email specifically said we’d be covering the EUR flying from MEM? Who are you gonna believe? SCOPE!!!! None of this **** is going to matter if we let them outsource our international flying. And our domestic? If don’t get the postal contract renewed this place is going to look a whole lot different as well. Day flying? What’s that?

It’s looking like it’s too late for scope. I’d be less concerned if we all understood how dire of a situation our lack of scope has put us in. Would be one thing if our union leadership had something else to say other than “our survey data doesn’t state that.” Time to get my apps back out. Never thought the second year pay I was counting the days for would be going into interview prep, again. Hopefully I haven’t shot myself in the foot after leaving a legacy and turning down others.