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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1413154" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>So they're the highest paid pilots in the industry but want more. Where do you think the money has come from in the past? If FedEx slows courier pay to a trickle, eliminates silly things like shift premiums and traditional pensions for couriers, increases healthcare premiums for couriers(and other frontline employees) spends more on pilots and Ground while striving to maintain or increase profits, where do YOU think the money is coming from? If you've read anything I've posted over the years you know I've never believed FedEx is in the position to pay us UPS level pay. But they are extremely demanding of us, try to glean every ounce of productivity from us, work us to exhaustion daily on many routes in all kinds of weather. Our reward is to be paid as little as possible with no hope at this point of a better future. Much of this is the result of having to meet the demands of our unionized pilots while spending large sums on Ground infrastructure to grow Ground. So yes, I think I have the right to question why the best compensated pilots in the industry want more. And YOU and every other person wanting better compensation have a vested interest in seeing couriers continue to be exploited so that YOU can get your's. If the day comes that couriers finally manage to get a union in rest assured that FedEx will be looking at taking from YOU to help pay for it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1413154, member: 24302"] So they're the highest paid pilots in the industry but want more. Where do you think the money has come from in the past? If FedEx slows courier pay to a trickle, eliminates silly things like shift premiums and traditional pensions for couriers, increases healthcare premiums for couriers(and other frontline employees) spends more on pilots and Ground while striving to maintain or increase profits, where do YOU think the money is coming from? If you've read anything I've posted over the years you know I've never believed FedEx is in the position to pay us UPS level pay. But they are extremely demanding of us, try to glean every ounce of productivity from us, work us to exhaustion daily on many routes in all kinds of weather. Our reward is to be paid as little as possible with no hope at this point of a better future. Much of this is the result of having to meet the demands of our unionized pilots while spending large sums on Ground infrastructure to grow Ground. So yes, I think I have the right to question why the best compensated pilots in the industry want more. And YOU and every other person wanting better compensation have a vested interest in seeing couriers continue to be exploited so that YOU can get your's. If the day comes that couriers finally manage to get a union in rest assured that FedEx will be looking at taking from YOU to help pay for it all. [/QUOTE]
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