I agree with what you say about negotiation, and I think those at FedEx who were highly disappointed, were expecting gains in every section, and no "efficiencies" or givebacks whatsoever. Because the company is doing so well, they expected an exceptional contract. However, FedEx has always been a slow and steady move forward, we have never ended up with a contract that excited us, nor horrified us (in my opinion).

I believe many people consider it a win that we were able to keep the A fund for new hires, and didn't get ours frozen, like what they imposed upon the rest of the company. Others disagree, and think status quo shouldn't be considered a gain, however I think there was no budging on the A fund. They are trying to shed those responsibilities. Regardless, it's still a 130K/year pension, which isn't chump change, even in 20-30 years. But they should have moved the ball forward further than 9% with the B plan.

Good luck to you guys! I hope your negotiations are more successful than everyone elses have been.

From what I hear, read, and see on the line, we're going to get rolled.

By Rick? .........

Naw. Rick told me,"We know the game and we're gonna play it. We know the rules, we both know what's been going on and a full commitment's what I'm thinking of." Pretty sure he was talking about our NC and Rick would never let us down.

I sure hope we will. Lots of fish to fry, issues to consider when electing a leader of our nation. Our industry is one of course, but just one piece of the pie.

Scrappy the poignant Republican.

Bush Jr. destabilised the whole MidEast so those pesky ME airlines don't invade out markets. Unfortunately, he caused the killing off of half of our market. Now you want more of the same. Another bowl please.

I can certainly respect the "vote for my country not my industry" argument. I just cannot accept the "doesn't really matter to my industry" argument. That argument is either clueless or in denial. The evidence in overwhelming. Now I will shut up before T38 Phlyer comes and pulls my ticket!! :D

Sled

I will definitely concede some of those points. However, the original idea was about the global economy and how it translates to the national economy. I see the economy contracting despite some other positive points that I pointed out. You also pointed out some good points.

From both a national security stand point and an economic stand point overall I would say we are worse off. But, Obama I would say this regarding B fund, and Known crew member...... ALPA bought and paid for KCM and my negotiators paid for the B fund with negotiating capital. FAR 117 has been in the works since 2005, of which I was an original working group member appointed by ALPA. It took a long time to pull that off. My best year under Clinton was $24K, and my guard unit down-sized from 24 to 15 PAA, so I wasn't all that crazy about Mr. Arkansas.

It does seem that the economy grows stronger under Republican leadership though. Mostly due to regulations and tax policy.

What part of the economy are you talking here? Look at the umemployment rates under Republican presidents in the last 25-30 years and compare that to under Democrats. Yes the military gets cutbacks but I wouldn't say we're less safe. How much did Bush II cost this country in dollars and lives going into Iraq when they had nothing to do with 9/11? Under who's watch was OBL killed? Just saying I don't believe the Fox news scare mantra of Dems being weak on national security.

+100

I used to be a registered Republican.

"Used" to.