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It was Ron Popeil, the inventor of the pocket fisherman and many other late night informercial items who has the “set it and forget it” oven.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to hijack the thread

Chaz

Domestic, non-reserve commuters are not required to follow the current commuter protection with the 1:30/13:30. What I’m saying is that having something for those who choose to use the commuter protection is better than nothing.

Ok you convinced me, let’s negotiate a policy where if you take a FDX Jumpseat and are scheduled to arrive in base 8 hours prior to show for reserve you get to keep the hours in make up. The company should actually like it it is a productivity increaser and would probably result in less reserve utilization.

Just convince the MEC not to give anything up for it.

If the company actually likes your proposal, nothing needs to be given up. On the contrary! If the company likes it, the MEC should be asking for something in return.

Industry standard for being covered under a commuter clause is to have one commute flight (on any airline, not just your own airline) and a backup both prior to showtime. Doesn’t need to be complicated. Hell, some airlines only require 1 flight...

While we are at it, why is your sick bank docked for a fatigue call after the committee reviews it and seems it a legit fatigue call? I understand initially docking sick but how about a credit back after it is reviewed. If they created a schedule that caused you to not be fit for duty, shouldn’t you be paid and not have to get it from sick?

Sorry for thread drift...

If you require a backup, you are going to screw a lot of commuters who only have one evening inbound from their staging city.

So, no thanks...

I wish I never had mentioned the 13:30 provision of our jumpseat language. It has taken over this thread and overshadowed the really bad points about our contract that nobody speaks of.

FedEx's contract became the creme de la creme when the passenger airline contracts fell due to furlough. But now that the passenger industry has righted itself and consolidated into four very strong and profitable companies, the FedEx pilot contract (which never set the bar in airline contracts) will fall to the bottom of the pack. Considering the FedEx pilots ratified Family Guy's piece of crap C2015 which spans six years, the Fedex contract will fall further behind and the FedEx pilots will lose even more money due to inflation chomping away at the retirement.

The company acknowledges the pilot shortage and is hosting these meet and greats to stay ahead manning wise. They sure as heck don't want to revisit fall 2015 again. Those days will never happen again.

And what is industry standard for you missing your trip. You don’t get paid, just like FDX. As I said earlier we already have industry standard, what we are arguing about is whether or not you keep your hours in your make up bank. Most people who work here consider commuting to work one of the best features of working here. One of my fears is in trying to make it a little better for some we screw it up for others.

Concur on all points. People, stop going on about the jumpseating language, please, that is focusing on a minor issue. We have bigger issues to work out, and yes, our extraordinarily lengthy contract is going to make us fall from the top of the pack to the middle or lower!