Albief15

Probably appropriate since everyone knows manhandling the beast is MUCH more demanding that crusing silently through the skies in your glass gucci jets. We ain't got no ovens, no RFOs, or MPCDs...so our captains have to work!

fly2ski

You 72 guys should be paid the most. Flying that POS is one of the most demanding jobs in aviation Glad I'm not doing it

fedupbusdriver

Plus all of that 330 am coffee breath with everyone sitting so close to each other. I'm not so sure that 727 crews shouldn't get the 380 pay. I don't know how you do it!

Busboy

That's COFFEE-LOOGIE breath!! Gosh! Friggin' idiots! Pay attention!

fedupbusdriver

I stand corrected.

KnightFlyer

Yes, the 45 min leg is killing me.

Albief15

Shhh Knight flyer...shshhh!

No--its HARD! The 727 is a slave ship. (Now everyone senior to me go bid off it to improve your life....)

Mario D

Seems this thread is losing interest...are we really ready to give up THOUSANDS of $$$ to the IRS without a whimper?

Some thoughts...

* The company tried to tax jumpseats at full coach fares a few years ago. Anyone remember that? Eventually, the issue was overturned and forgot about.

* Why wait until the TA to slide this in the back door if it has been on the books for 20+ years? In other words, why now?

* Maybe another carrier had difficulty with their "virtual domicile", but that is not our situation. How about UPS? Do they tax their pilots' DH tickets?

* The literal reading of this could be huge for commuters. How about a joint ALPA-FDX Letter of Intent on how they plan to implement this?

There are a lot of "Sea Lawyers" and "Sea Accountants" trying to make sense of this...sorry, I would rather have a signed letter from ALPA/FDX. So far, no Road Show or comment has made me feel better about this. It could easily negate the total benefits of this TA if it is applied as it is written. Yes, both to Memphians and non-Memphians alike. It could set commuting (or just deviating) back 15 years...

I want to feel good about this TA, but this section is a deal buster until I know more about it.

pinseeker

Mario,

This only applies if you are deviating to or from your home of record to or from your domicile. This shouldn't hurt commuters unless you by tickets to come to MEM from home or vice versa.

fdx727pilot

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!
Admittedly, I'm not a commuter, but in over 7 years, I have yet to need a ticket from home to Memphis, so how does this affect Memphians? And since when does the company pay you to get to work? I know you can use excess bank money to do it, but if you don't have a Dev bank, the company won't get you a ticket. Therefore, it's understandable that it becomes income when they do. You're getting a ticket to work, for the cost of taxes. Gee, the company won't let me fill my gas tank using my deviation bank, and that's how I get to work. BTW- BC at the MEM roadshow says this avoided a possible IRS audit of our deviation system.