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09-09-2006 | 02:34 PM

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dojetdriver

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Originally Posted by RedeyeAV8r

Granted it ain't a massive loss of human life......except for the Crewmembers,
but in legal terms FedEx is on the hook for a LOT of money.

I know that, you know that, and alot of other people know that. But unfortunately managment will never say what you did as reason to give the pilots at freight carrier the pay raise they deserve.

If there was a way to put a price on human life, maybe.

09-09-2006 | 03:49 PM

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I think the only human life that has had a price put on it, is the pilots.
It's a hard trade-off an extra couple of K's a month for the last 10 years
of your life.

09-09-2006 | 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RedeyeAV8r

When we have a hull luss, FDX gets sued big time by our customers.

True of course, but I don't think it gets quite the same publicity.

09-09-2006 | 06:55 PM

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True of course, but I don't think it gets quite the same publicity.

No, it doesn't Fireman! Imagine that!!!

Imagine human beings losing their lives plucking the heartstrings of the public more than losing a Ferrari or DeBeers diamonds!!! Wow! Imagine that.

09-09-2006 | 07:04 PM

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RedeyeAV8r

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True of course, but I don't think it gets quite the same publicity.

That is a true statement...............in other words The lives of freightdawg crewmembers don't mean squat............

Remember when that Emery DC-8 that crashed near SMF about 6 years ago. It never made the National news of the front page of a paper. 3 crewmembers lost their lives.

09-09-2006 | 07:06 PM

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No, it doesn't Fireman! Imagine that!!!

Imagine human beings losing their lives plucking the heartstrings of the public more than losing a Ferrari or DeBeers diamonds!!! Wow! Imagine that.

Skygirl.........that wasn't the point. The point was Freight Carriers get sued by the customer as much as the PAX customers......... It had nothing to do with what is more important Human Life or material things..............

09-10-2006 | 03:01 AM

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Sadly, you are quite correct. Fatal freighter accidents never really make the "front page". Ask the average Joe after your SMF accident and most wouldn't be able to remember it.

I remember we lost a DC-8-F in the hills near SLC back in the 70s. The only thing that made the paper - for all of a day or two - was that one of the crew (S/O, I think), came up during the initial autospy as having alcohol in his system. Turned out to be decomposition of the body and the news was out of the paper after that.

It angered me as I'm certain the SMF accident did to you.