Originally Posted by skypine27

I really love that "This is the best deal we could get" line.

Then, w/o us even asking the Company, they (the Company):

• Reduce invol STV from 3 months to 1 month
• Increase shipping allowance from 500 lbs free, to 500lbs free + an additional 500lbs at a discounted rate
• Add 10000 dollars deposit money
• Increase shipping from 500lbs free and 500lbs additional @ discounted rate to simply 1000lbs free

I guess our MEC really knew what they were talking about when they said "This is the best deal we could get!" and "there was NO money left on the table."

Imagine what we could have gotten, if as a Union, we had said "F that" and walked away from the table. Or, failing that, if, as a crew force we'd voted 68% NO to the LOA. How would the FDA staffing look then? What would the company be offering now when the FO side of CDG and HKG went COMPLETELY unfilled on bid 07-03?

The sad thing is:

From emailing the people in my new hire class while the LOA was being voted on, I've determined:
3/4 of them are sitting in the right seat of the 727, based in MEM. They go to work, then go home. They've never considered thinking about work outside the cockpit. They've never logged onto APC. They don't even know what it is. They occasionally read the emails pumped out by FedEx ALPA, except for the ones which list which pairings are DPs. They blindly followed the Unions advice of "Vote for the LOA, it's the best we're gonna get. Plus, great scope!". One guy is ex Navy and from American Airlines, and actually used the line "I don't think we should call the companys bluff on this one guys. Scope is real important." They've never heard of any of the above points I listed, and STILL think the MEC is doing the best they can.

And the really, really sad thing is:

There's a lot more people just like them.

Originally Posted by FDXLAG

Blaming the company is indeed stupid. Blaming the Union leadership that threatened to resign if we voted down the best were gonna get LOA is not.

Originally Posted by HerkDriver

Never got the word that they would resign if it got voted down...Man, that would have made the LOA getting voted down even better! Too bad people weren't smart enought to take them up on the offer; it would have been much easier than attempting a recall.