FDX - MOAB out!
04-14-2016, 10:15 AM
#163
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Originally Posted by BlackKnight
Still never ceases to amaze me, as Tony has mentioned long ago, how much a company as large as Fedex nickel and dimes stuff. Not that POP is small potatoes; in the grand scheme of things it certainly won't break their bank and their interpretation of the CBA is suspect while our is certainly more straightforward, as has been said. On an extremely small scale, another example is refusing to pay the $8 shipping on a uniform item from an approved (mail order) vendor because shipping isn't a "uniform item". Never mind you can't get the "uniform item" without it being shipped, the company won't reimburse. I couldn't care less about 8 bucks, but the principal and lack of common sense interpretation doesn't increase good will, like they say they want to.
Small little things and many of them don't cost the company a dime...many actually save the company money and would go a long way toward morale.
Back to POP, yep it is an expense but I could have bid to any other WB here and would have been receiving it for some time. And, there was a way to totally avoid it...don't put new hires into the 76. They are doing 75 training anyway.
04-14-2016, 12:15 PM
#164
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: 767 CA
Posts: 1,876
Originally Posted by memhubturn
Exactly. Here is one for you. I had a back end DH and wanted to deviate. I was able to find a First Class ticket through Global Travel for significantly less than the scheduled coach ticket. Global Travel told me they couldn't book it because the pairing did not qualify for a First Class ticket. Ok...I get that the pairing did not qualify. But once you deviate, in my opinion, who cares? If I can travel for less than the established fare (regardless of the class), I save the company money.
04-14-2016, 12:46 PM
#165
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make it a night hubturn to SGF with 2 guys who haven't spent any significant time in a 75 and neither one has been in the jet for 120 days and you could be setting someone up
My first leg in a 757 in 5 months was to Lafayette, LA. at 4 in the morning... uncontrolled field, thunderstorms everywhere, most taxiways closed....EVERY time I changed the range on the radar I reached in the wrong spot... The captain and I chatted afterwards... neither one of us could believe this was legal.....
04-14-2016, 12:49 PM
#166
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Position: 767 FO
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Originally Posted by Huck
Been there, done that.
My first leg in a 757 in 5 months was to Lafayette, LA. at 4 in the morning... uncontrolled field, thunderstorms everywhere, most taxiways closed....EVERY time I changed the range on the radar I reached in the wrong spot... The captain and I chatted afterwards... neither one of us could believe this was legal.....
My first leg in a 757 in 5 months was to Lafayette, LA. at 4 in the morning... uncontrolled field, thunderstorms everywhere, most taxiways closed....EVERY time I changed the range on the radar I reached in the wrong spot... The captain and I chatted afterwards... neither one of us could believe this was legal.....
04-14-2016, 01:43 PM
#167
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Joined APC: Feb 2016
Position: 767 FO
Posts: 58
Originally Posted by memhubturn
Exactly. Here is one for you. I had a back end DH and wanted to deviate. I was able to find a First Class ticket through Global Travel for significantly less than the scheduled coach ticket. Global Travel told me they couldn't book it because the pairing did not qualify for a First Class ticket. Ok...I get that the pairing did not qualify. But once you deviate, in my opinion, who cares? If I can travel for less than the established fare (regardless of the class), I save the company money. And if I travel for more, they take it out of my pay. Should be no big deal. The rules regarding class of service are there to determine how much the accepted fare will be. In my case, I could have saved the company about $200 and enjoyed a better ride...a win, win. As it turned out, I stayed as scheduled and the company paid more so I could fly in coach. Kind of the same thing as your $8 shipping cost. If you chose to spend a portion of your uniform allowance on uniform shipping from an approved vender, who cares.
Small little things and many of them don't cost the company a dime...many actually save the company money and would go a long way toward morale.
Back to POP, yep it is an expense but I could have bid to any other WB here and would have been receiving it for some time. And, there was a way to totally avoid it...don't put new hires into the 76. They are doing 75 training anyway.
Small little things and many of them don't cost the company a dime...many actually save the company money and would go a long way toward morale.
Back to POP, yep it is an expense but I could have bid to any other WB here and would have been receiving it for some time. And, there was a way to totally avoid it...don't put new hires into the 76. They are doing 75 training anyway.
04-14-2016, 03:35 PM
#169
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Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: B777 FO FDX, C130 ANG
Posts: 538
You are allowed to upgrade a fare that doesn't warrant first/business by submitting an upgrade request form to global travel with the amount you are willing to pay out of pocket for the upgraded fare. Then they upgrade it through their system for you, and the difference comes out of your check. You'd just have to get the ticket you want though them first as a coach ticket.
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