MaydayMark

Index our per diem to some sort of international index like this one?

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HazCan

I agree.

I think that UPS has something like this. It gets adjusted every so often, based on an index. Maybe someone from Brown can chime in.

Did you fill out the survey and let them know?

Lineslug

HazCan: Here is what we have at the Brown paradise:

G. Per Diem
1. Per diem will be paid to all crewmembers at the rates set forth below, provided the Company is required to provide hotel accommodations under paragraphs H.1.a. and H.1.b. of Article 5.
2. The per diem rates which will be paid to all crewmembers while on duty for all time away from domicile (report to release) will initially be as follows:
a. Domestic flights (i.e. flights in the forty-eight (48) continental U.S.) - $2.00 per duty hour.
b. International flights (i.e. international flights except Pacific Rim and Europe flights) - $2.50 per duty hour.
c. Pacific Rim flights (e.g. flights to Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan) - $3.00 per duty hour.
d. Europeflights(e.g.flightstoFrance,Germany,andtheU. K.)-$3.00perduty hour.
The above definitions of flights shall only be applicable to this Section of the Agreement.
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Article 12
3. The international per diem shall become applicable upon block out of a flight which terminates at a gateway outside the continental United States. The Pac Rim per diem (e.g. Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan) shall become applicable upon block out of a flight which terminates in the Pac Rim. The international and Pac Rim per diem rates shall remain in effect until the crewmember first arrives back at a gateway in the continental United States.
4. Each January, the Company will establish crewmember per diem rates for the year. The revised rates will become effective at the start of the next bid period.
a. International,PacRim,andEuropeperdiemrateswillbeca lculatedbasedon 67% of the most current published U.S. Department of State M&IE (Meals and Incidentals Expense) rates at each layover city. A weighted average for each corresponding per diem category will be calculated based on the number of layovers occurring in the most recent published Bid Packet.
b. Domestic per diem adjustment shall be determined as provided below on the basis of the “Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, CPI-W (Revised series using 1982-84 expenditure patterns) food and beverages (1982-84 = 100), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor” and referred to herein as the “Per Diem Index.” The domestic per diem will be revised each January as follows: Two dollars ($2.00) multiplied by the product of the previous year’s November Per Diem Index (e.g. the November 2006 Per Diem Index will be used to determine the January 2007 adjustment) divided by the November 2005 Per Diem Index (192.1). This amount will be rounded to the nearest five (5) cents.

For 2010 I believe our rates are 3.70/hr Pac Rim and 4.20/hr Europe. The way the dollar has been tanking, it should go up quite a bit in January '11.

HazCan

Thanks Lineslug!!

Lindy

We are not permitted to drop R-Days to leave a single R-Day

The company should not be in a position to leave a single R-Day either due to VTO lines or Training conflicts.

DLax85

....recognize and use leverage when we have it.

No new FDA LOA when we're in contract negotiations!!

In "Unity"

DLax

FXDX

+1!!!!! I only put that in every text block of the survey! Couldn't agree more.

Some guy

Did the same. Hopefully they'll get the message this time...

R1200RT

Why go after per diem?
I'd rather have it tied to our international override. Per diem in none pensionable earnings.

hyperone

+1 here too. Management has been very open with their assertions that our future growth is going to be international. ANY expansion of FDA's, while helpful for the company's bottom line, will negatively affect the quality of life and flying for every Fedex pilot flying international.

For every pilot based in an FDA, the company replaces the need for about three Airbus SIBA pilots, or 2-3 MD-11 pilots. If and when the HKG MD-11 and the CGN bases are activated, we shouldn't expect to see any more Airbus SIBA, and the MD-11 trips will be heavily weighted to cross the pond, layover, and cross back. A HKG MD-11 base is also going to negate much of the need for the LAX base.

So, while the goal of improving the FDA pilot's quality of life is admirable, it should not be done in the vacuum of another FDA LOA, at the expense of everyone else who flies international. Any improvements to the FDA LOA's MUST be included in the overall CBA negotiations, and include pay/ scheduling improvements for EVERYONE - not just the couple of hundred FDA pilots.