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Old 05-12-2011 | 05:53 PM
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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.
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Old 05-12-2011 | 06:13 PM
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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!
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Old 05-12-2011 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by APC225
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)
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Old 05-12-2011 | 07:23 PM
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Uhh. I am pretty sure the allowance is for K-12 and ONLY for foreign domiciles. (Hong Kong and Cologne)
Never mind.
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Old 05-12-2011 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by APC225
Never mind.
Its all good. Still a great benefit!!
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Old 05-14-2011 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by jsled
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.
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Old 05-22-2011 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by APC225
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.
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Old 05-22-2011 | 04:29 PM
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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.
Ok, then. Never mind the never mind. $10,000 education benefit for all. To the cloud!
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Originally Posted by APC225
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!
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Old 05-22-2011 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 13n144e
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.
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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