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<blockquote data-quote="Ramp77" data-source="post: 2325487" data-attributes="member: 63932"><p>I don't think you're subsidizing the pilots. FedEx can hire employees to fill many positions that require no or little experience easily. It's harder for them to hire quality pilots. When I worked for United I realized that an experienced hourly employee was a greater asset to the company than company management realized and as a fueler for them we did some maintenance tasks. However, managements opinion was that hourly employees are a dime a dozen. I completely disagreed because I saw many things fall apart with new hires before they gained experience. I felt we should have been compensated better at the time and also thought the pilots were overpaid. Now, I don't think the pilots are overpaid, they have a much greater responsibility than most think and things often go wrong with weather or the aircraft. In most cases these situations are managed well but only due to good experience and training. Both of which take much more time to develop than any other position that I know of. FedEx makes enough money as a corporation to pay employees more but they don't have to until it is hard for them to hire then they will have no choice. Most pilots don't want to discuss what their compensation is because they know it's a no win situation when the person asking them the question has already formed an opinion. I know this first hand, both as an opinionated ramp guy at United and now as a pilot. However, if you do as I did and are genuinely interested in the career and speak to them about that first they will give you the information you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ramp77, post: 2325487, member: 63932"] I don't think you're subsidizing the pilots. FedEx can hire employees to fill many positions that require no or little experience easily. It's harder for them to hire quality pilots. When I worked for United I realized that an experienced hourly employee was a greater asset to the company than company management realized and as a fueler for them we did some maintenance tasks. However, managements opinion was that hourly employees are a dime a dozen. I completely disagreed because I saw many things fall apart with new hires before they gained experience. I felt we should have been compensated better at the time and also thought the pilots were overpaid. Now, I don't think the pilots are overpaid, they have a much greater responsibility than most think and things often go wrong with weather or the aircraft. In most cases these situations are managed well but only due to good experience and training. Both of which take much more time to develop than any other position that I know of. FedEx makes enough money as a corporation to pay employees more but they don't have to until it is hard for them to hire then they will have no choice. Most pilots don't want to discuss what their compensation is because they know it's a no win situation when the person asking them the question has already formed an opinion. I know this first hand, both as an opinionated ramp guy at United and now as a pilot. However, if you do as I did and are genuinely interested in the career and speak to them about that first they will give you the information you want. [/QUOTE]
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