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APC225 05-12-2011 05:53 PM
What a kick in the gut
 
Our CEO goes around saying things like "we'll never see 2000 pay rates again" but Fedex's short term contract "boosts children's education allowances to a total of $5,000 per child or $10,000 (for more than one child per year)" (ALPA Magazine, May 2011, p. 22).

They get $10K/year towards college for their kids?! while we accept the lowest pay and benefits in the industry? Just shoot me now.

Short Bus Drive 05-12-2011 06:13 PM
Originally Posted by APC225 (Post 992996)
Our CEO goes around saying things like "we'll never see 2000 pay rates again" but Fedex's short term contract "boosts children's education allowances to a total of $5,000 per child or $10,000 (for more than one child per year)" (ALPA Magazine, May 2011, p. 22).

They get $10K/year towards college for their kids?! while we accept the lowest pay and benefits in the industry? Just shoot me now.
NOT the "lowest", but I hear ya!

jsled 05-12-2011 06:38 PM
Originally Posted by APC225 (Post 992996)
Our CEO goes around saying things like "we'll never see 2000 pay rates again" but Fedex's short term contract "boosts children's education allowances to a total of $5,000 per child or $10,000 (for more than one child per year)" (ALPA Magazine, May 2011, p. 22).

They get $10K/year towards college for their kids?! while we accept the lowest pay and benefits in the industry? Just shoot me now.
Uhh. I am pretty sure the allowance is for K-12 and ONLY for foreign domiciles. (Hong Kong and Cologne)

APC225 05-12-2011 07:23 PM
Originally Posted by jsled (Post 993016)
Uhh. I am pretty sure the allowance is for K-12 and ONLY for foreign domiciles. (Hong Kong and Cologne)
Never mind.

jsled 05-12-2011 07:32 PM
Originally Posted by APC225 (Post 993036)
Never mind.
Its all good. Still a great benefit!! :D

EWR73FO 05-14-2011 07:42 AM
Originally Posted by jsled (Post 993016)
Uhh. I am pretty sure the allowance is for K-12 and ONLY for foreign domiciles. (Hong Kong and Cologne)

But it's a BENEFIT. We have come to see that term around here as an ugly 4 letter word.

13n144e 05-22-2011 04:14 PM
Originally Posted by APC225 (Post 993036)
Never mind.
Why never mind? The new UAL has at least one foreign base and the public "schools" truly suck. Management pilots get $1000/month education allowance (which is what private school out here costs), the rest of us fend for ourselves with home schooling, etc.:mad:

APC225 05-22-2011 04:29 PM
Originally Posted by 13n144e (Post 997071)
Why never mind? The new UAL has at least one foreign base and the public "schools" truly suck. Management pilots get $1000/month education allowance (which is what private school out here costs), the rest of us fend for ourselves with home schooling, etc.:mad:
Ok, then. Never mind the never mind. $10,000 education benefit for all. To the cloud!

Short Bus Drive 05-22-2011 05:15 PM
Originally Posted by APC225 (Post 997078)
Ok, then. Never mind the never mind. $10,000 education benefit for all. To the cloud!
LOL!!! Where's the "Like" button? Oppps, sorry, wrong place!:p

APC225 05-22-2011 06:59 PM
Originally Posted by 13n144e (Post 997071)
Why never mind? The new UAL has at least one foreign base and the public "schools" truly suck. Management pilots get $1000/month education allowance (which is what private school out here costs), the rest of us fend for ourselves with home schooling, etc.:mad:
13n,

You're right. The situations are comparable and anyone on Guam should get compensated in a similar way. My original "never mind" was for the wrong assumption that all Fedex pilots got the 10K.

Ever been near 54n174e?


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