Glad I don't have to fly a trip with you .......................... never met you and hope I don't have the displeasure.

Now we know the real reason for the scooby snacks. It allows management pilots to spend 18 hours in a hotel room waiting by the batphone.

What a "TOOL", you would do well as a manager at UPS if you lose your gig at Purple!

When I flew for the military....I did it for God and Country and there was no amount of money that would get me to do what I did.

Chuck.....I hate to break it to you, like FedEx Express.....most of the pilots on this property are a "For Profit" operation. With the exception of the Humanitarian donation efforts, we are not doing this to save lives, defend our country, or fend off disaster...........we do what we do to make the corporation (and shareholders) a pile of cash. Out of that pile of cash, we get a small portion of it. In return for that remuneration, we have the responsibility to abide by our contract and be good employees.

Is proper catering essential when someone's life is on the line? Can we find creative solutions to crew duty times when we are saving lives?......I think we all know the answer to that........and Chuck, most of us have lived it repeatedly.

I'd wager that nothing we do at FedEx covered under the CBA meets the criteria above. Those applying the "God and Country" standard to commercial operations are the victims of emotionalism, hubris, and poor judgement. They ought to have their own special paragraph in an Enders report.

Anyone in management who'd attempt to confuse performance levels required in life-saving contingency operations and daily "for-profit operations" (the goal... only to line the shareholder's pocket) is either stupid or disingenuous.

Rather than let you take your pick, I will assume your statements were made tongue-in-cheek, brought on by the snide remarks about management pilots. In which case, I will congratulate you for successfully stirring the pot.

Our requirements are not obstacles to FedEx profitability....they are essential to FedEx profitability......because without them....we don't go.....and if we weren't essential, then we wouldn't get more desperate calls at 0300 than Hillary Clinton.

Remember.....it is just business.....No buck....no Buck Rogers.

......regarding humanitarian efforts........that may be what you were told....but among themselves, they say:

"When profit is not at stake........sub it out to the lowest bidder"

Chuck,

Every trip I have been assigned to at FedEx has moved on time and without “deviation failures”, in fact almost all of our flights do. Why, because that’s what I’m paid to do. I would refer to this as “reliable”. But since you made this statement as a FedEx Manager, I’m curious as to what you’re implying. If a crew believes that in the interest of safety the best choice would be to deviate to an alternate airport your telling us, and the rest of the public on this board, is that management at FedEx views this as a personal failure of the crew. Interesting to say the least.

If a crewmember has proven him or herself unreliable by way of late or no shows I suggest you discipline the individual, rather than hold the rest of us responsible for their actions. Or maybe we could set up some kind of phone tree where we could share the responsibility of giving pre alert calls for every pilot, every leg, and every flight.

You said, “They also need people that are smart enough to get rest whenever they can so they can safely operate past when most of you would be whining to go back to the hotel….” Is that per the findings of the Enders report? Or perhaps this is simply how management views the line pilots here. Oh, I get it. We are simply not smart enough to manage effectively. And not smart enough to know when we are too fatigued to perform safely. Do you realize as a manager how many people you just inspired to perform at their very minimum level of professionalism?

Poor planning? Your right it was poor planning on our part. We failed to plan ahead for 20% to 60% pay cuts, we failed to plan for family members with chronic deteriorating diseases, we failed to plan for malignant brain tumors, we failed to plan for multiple furloughs in as many years. We should have planed for the future, but then again, based on your argument they should have planed for a 7.0 earthquake. They clearly are not very smart.

Thanks for this glimpse into your character.

Chuck. Question. Did you draft this one in the office with a bunch of managers looking over your shoulder, or was it solo, nifok with a bag of cheetos?

Not much to choose between the two options, really. Equally credible.

Chunky,

Nicely said.

Chucky,

You bucking for the XO slot?

Chuck Turdpen: I suggest you invest in some locks for your luggage, after reading your self righteous post, someone on APC may download a "purple promise" in your bag!

Trip 2276 17Jan MD11