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Originally Posted by Nashmd11
Tony- And I also feel ALPA cut the legs out from our brothers up in SDF. Wasn't ALPA and the IPA talking, or was ALPA just a bunch of pricks towards the IPA? I can't wait for another 10 years to past so we can rid ourselves of the Fred smith suck ups.
Its easy to take a pot shot at ALPA, no matter what comes out of negotiations someone will feel we've been hosed. If IPA and ALPA-FDX are talking you can be assured it is very quite and informal. GWB and congress would just love to point to collusion to justify dropping the hammer on any renege pilot group daring to make more than the "approved" wage and benefit package (see UAL/NWA/JB soon DAL for details).
Both Fedex and UPS are tough companies to deal with. Both come at it in different ways and with a different history. It would be great if we could both draft each others efforts, pulling the other along to a industry standard contract. It may still happen, but I think any dreams of $300 Wide-body pay died with the fall of UAL/AA/USair/NWA and the recent DAL agreement.
Even under the best of conditions (all above didn't happen, everyone making money) it was going to be tough to beat a industry standard raise out of Fedex or (IMHO) UPS. Now that the bar has been lowered, it will be even tougher. Yes, I know, both are making record profits, but look at the mgt of both these companies. Different, but the same, both tough as nails to deal with. At some level (outside the scope of our issues) we should be thankful. The business is successful, others aren't so lucky.