FedEx jumpseat -alive and well?

[active_herk]

For what its worth,

I heard from a ramp manager the other day that he has been told jumpseats have been reinstated for offline pilots on our widebodies (the planes with the jumpseats outside the cockpit). He said that as long as the pilots had a reservation and could be verified by the system, they could get a seat. No last minute walk-ons allowed. I find the info a little suspect, however, since I have heard nothing official from ALPA or management regarding this. Have any other FedEx guys heard anything? I'm hoping we can get the jumpseat back for our offline brothers and sisters as soon as possible. This is taking WAY to long.

 

[TonyC]

For what its worth,

I heard from a ramp manager the other day that he has been told jumpseats have been reinstated for offline pilots

It's probably worth a lot to Fred Smith. The rumor, that is...

It sounds like some strategically-placed MISinformation designed to drive an even larger wedge between the pilots and the other (Non-organized) employees of The Company. Simply stated, it's just something else for them to be mad at the pilots about.

The vast majority of mechanics, for example, still think that their personal jumpseats were taken away by the pilots, and are being withheld by the pilots. Despite incessant complaints to The Company about the "bad pilots" being mean to everybody else, The Company still hasn't bothered to explain the security issues involved, but rather lets the mechanics continue to believe pilots are mean, selfish, and desirous of ruining The Company and their own personal welfares.

Doubtless, the buses are already chartered to transport such disgruntled employees (disgruntled at pilots, that is) to the street corners of Memphis to hold up posters and protest the greedy, selfish pilots. If a well-placed Ramp Manager rumor can lend to that strategy, why not.

 

[Cardinal]

FWIW, During my very brief period as a FedEx handler I got much the same impression that TonyC. The hourly ranks are filled with a great many kool-aid drinkers. It's a great company and an impressive organization, dont get me wrong - but there are people that are, well, overly grateful to FedEx. Some forget that they are paid just enough so that they keep showing up with a decent attitude, and not a penny more. A real labor battle with the pilots would get ugly in a hurry, in my humble estimation.

 

[stillaboo]

could be verified by the system

And how would someone offline be verified by the
FedEx system? There-in lies the problem, the verification. Apparently, 10 year FBI background checks and all the other security stuff pilots go through isn't enough to gain access to this mythical 'system'.

It's be nice if all ALPA pilots could get on some massive database so that they could all be verified on each others aircraft for off-line jumps. It would then be relatively easy to add those non-ALPA members that should also recieve this privledge too.

Come on ALPA, do something that benefits ALL of your members in a tangible way we can see!