World Airways seeks scab labor from FedEx

[TonyC]

Message Line
January 31, 2006

This is FEDEX MEC Communications with the Message Line for January 31,
2006.

Possible Scab Recruitment: The FDX MEC has been informed from highly
credible sources at World Airways that FedEx is being solicited to
recruit retired FedEx MD-11 pilots to be scabs. We have been told that
there is coordination between World and FedEx to hire retired pilots to
move World MD-11s idled by the World pilots' strike and that FedEx
management may assist in the effort. It has been confirmed through
conversations directly with a sampling of some of our retired pilots
that FedEx is attempting to recruit pilots to move unidentified MD-11s
in Africa. It is possible that these pilots are being asked to either
reposition aircraft, or possibly fly them for revenue during the strike.
Either of these actions would involve the crossing of a picket line
established by our fellow pilots in their quest to protect their jobs
from being outsourced.

We are confident that our retired pilots will have the character
necessary to refuse this chance to assist in breaking a strike. It is
extremely tough to imagine that retirees who are being squeezed in the
health care arena the way that ours are would be willing to assist in
the subjugation of a fellow pilot group.

We are in the process of contacting management to get their response to
what part, if any, they have in this type of cooperative, concerted
coercion of labor. If you hear of anyone being recruited or actually
performing these kinds of services, please contact the MEC.




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[Rez O. Lewshun]

TonyC. you in submarine mode? Where you been?

 

[FN FAL]

TonyC. you in submarine mode? Where you been?

I think his ghost returned to make a public service announcement on behalf of the World Airways pilots.

 

[ReverseSensing]

TonyC:

If you are back, it's good to have here again. If not, well it was good to see Frederick's ugly mug pop up when I opened the thread.

 

[TurboS7]

Maybe World just wants to get their aircraft moved out of Africa before the tires get hacked away to be used as "firewood".

 

[njcapt]

Maybe World just wants to get their aircraft moved out of Africa before the tires get hacked away to be used as "firewood".

Maybe World just wants to undermine the unity of the Association.

Maybe World wanted to take hostages and force the Association to bargain their return.

Maybe World wanted to have their Luanda crew taken hostage by some local criminal organization and have the Association negotiate their release before their bullet-ridden bodies are found beside a road.

Maybe World could have allowed the crew to fly their aircraft out when they ended their 12 job action instead of having them kicked out of their hotel and forcing them to fund their own way out of Angola.

Maybe some day you will stop defending the actions of scabs who sell out their fellow workers and the management f@#^s who recruit them. I doubt it, though. I have to consider the source.

 

[JohnDoe]

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[cheyflyer]

Maybe World just wants to get their aircraft moved out of Africa before the tires get hacked away to be used as "firewood".

Then they should have tried a little harder at reaching an agreement.

Well said njcapt.

 

[pipejockey]

World sounds like a despicable place! I hope you World pilots tell them to go pound salt. There has to better places for people with your experience.

 

[WorldOnTime]

go figure

Maybe World just wants to get their aircraft moved out of Africa before the tires get hacked away to be used as "firewood".

spoken like a true scab