Qeustion for UPS and FEDEx longtimers...

[AV8OR]

Would anyone who knows the history on your pilot group's growth over the years please comment or PM me with what kind of work rules, wages, lifestyle it was like when FEDEx and UPS were airlines with only 500-1000 pilots with smaller fleets and what, if any were some of the short term contractual sacrifices you had to face in the early years that helped you grow to where you are today.

Thanks.....

 

[Thebadcat1313]

Why do you want to know that? It's an unusual question.

 

[AV8OR]

I am just curious what kind of hurtles (sp?) those companies pilot groups had to manage during the early years of growth. Learning from others success and failures through potentially similar circumstances regarding management, negotiations, expectations etc. can be beneficial in a number of ways. It's for my own personal knowledge, nothing else. No black helicopters circling overhead or anything here.

Regards

 

[AC560]

Fred Smith making payroll with gambling winnings tells you how tight things were at FX at one point.