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GIVING TUESDAY
Today is #GivingTuesday—a global day of giving. We encourage you to join the movement and help others through the gift of your time, donations, goods or your voice. Below you will find information on how you can contribute to the FedEx Pilots' Charitable Fund as we gear up for the holiday season and helping children in the communities in which we work and live.
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YOUR HELP NEEDED! FEDEX PILOTS' CHARITABLE FUND
The holidays will be quickly approaching us, and we, your FDX MEC, Officers and Staff are asking for your help to support the FedEx Pilot’s Charitable Fund! This Fund is set up to provide monetary support around the world
towards child related activities. In Memphis, the Fund focuses on the FedEx Family House and the Hope House, and in Indianapolis the Fund is engaged in supporting a pilot-themed room at the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital. The FedEx Family House has housed over 40,000 families since 2010 whose children are facing life-altering medical treatment at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. For over four years FDX ALPA has assisted the FedEx Family House in gathering toys for children. Sadly, the FedEx Family House is telling us that if they can’t get the toys this year they might have to forgo the annual Holiday Village, where the families of children in the House are allowed to pick out toys for Christmas. Our goal is to provide at least 200 toys and a monetary contribution to FedEx Family House. In addition, FDX ALPA has supported the Hope House here in Memphis for over 15 years. Hope House provides high quality early childhood education and social services for over 150 families a year affected by HIV/AIDS, and provides gifts to over 50 families during the holidays. Each year, FDX ALPA has provided a minimum of 15 holiday meals, has adopted a family to bring Christmas joy in the form of clothing and toys, and has provided a monetary contribution to Hope House to support their efforts.
This is how you can you help: Go to FedEx Pilot’s Charitable Fund and donate a minimum of $10. Another way to contribute to this worthwhile cause is AmazonSmile. For every dollar spent using this program, Amazon will donate 0.5% to your choice of charity. Please register on AmazonSmile with the FedEx Pilot’s Charitable Fund as your charity. Then, each and every time you purchase from Amazon use smile.amazon.com and not amazon.com. It will take $2,000 in purchases to equal $10, but every dollar counts. Bring a toy by the FDX ALPA office at 1770 Kirby Parkway, Suite 300 in Memphis. Please take a few moments of your time and help support the FedEx Pilot’s Charitable Fund. Everyday can be a struggle for these children who are undergoing life- threatening illnesses. They typically are not afforded the life many of us enjoy. From all of us, a heartfelt thank you!
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MEC OFFICE HOLIDAY HOURS
As we approach the holidays, we would like to provide you with the dates and times the MEC office will be closed. Please see details below. Wednesday, December 14th - Office will close at noon for the annual holiday luncheon for MEC staff. The office will reopen on Thursday, December 15th at 8 a.m. Friday, December 23rd - Closed Monday, December 26th - Holiday; Christmas Day Observed Tuesday, December 27th - Closed Monday, January 2nd - Holiday; New Year's Day Observed
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SUPPORT SPIRIT PILOTS DURING PICKETING IN FLL
Please join our fellow ALPA pilots as they picket on Tuesday, December 6 and Wednesday, December 7. Below you will find detailed information regarding the schedule of events. Tuesday, December 6 10:15-11:15—Briefing at the Hilton Marina 11:15—Buses leave hotel for picketing 11:45-13:00—Picketing in Miramar 13:00-14:30—Buses leave Miramar for undisclosed location 14:30—Buses head back to Hilton Marina 15:30-19:00—Food and Drinks at Duffy’s Sports Grill, 1804 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale, 954-713-6363 Wednesday, December 7 7-7:45—briefing and breakfast at the Hilton Marina 8:00—Buses leave for Miramar 8:30-10:00—Picketing in Miramar 10:00—Buses leave for hotel Send your RSVP to
[email protected].
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FROM THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE: PASSOVER PAY
For those of you who have previously been awarded a B767 crew position, I am sure you are aware that ALPA has filed a grievance on the non-payment of passover pay in certain situations. The grievance was filed on August 18, 2015, with multiple discovery requests. On March 22, 2016, ALPA requested additional discovery information. On March 25, ALPA received the responses to the first batch of discovery requests.
The initial hearing was held on March 30, 2016. ALPA also received the discovery responses from the second discovery request on that day as well. On April 21, 2016, ALPA submitted a supplement document that in essence laid out ALPA’s positions in writing in order to avoid any misunderstandings about the positions. A second hearing was held on May 20, 2016, to discuss that document, and the hearing was held open while both parties exchanged more information. ALPA received some data on prior postings on October 10. On October 11, the parties had a conference on that data, and on November 8, we received additional data on earlier postings. The MEC has received regular briefings on the current status and processing of the grievance, and we have been more than happy to answer any individual questions from pilots who contact us. We appreciate everyone’s continued patience while this issue is being discussed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (901) 752-8749.
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FROM THE SECRETARY TREASURER
Wet-Lease Penalty Payment Your MEC recently approved a per capita distribution plan for 2016 wet-lease penalties incurred by the company so far this year. Penalty payments were broken into three blocks of wet-leasing activity resulting in the following per pilot payment to be paid on these dates:
Wet-Leasing Activity
Distribution Amount
Pay Date
January 4-February 28, 2016
$377.21
November 15, 2016
February 29-May 29, 2016
$725.90
November 30, 2016
May 30-June 26, 2016
$382.51
December 15, 2016
In order to be eligible for each penalty payment, you must have been an active pilot during any portion of the dates listed above. For example, if you were an active pilot from January 4th, 2016 through March 15, 2016 and then retired on March 16, 2016, you would be eligible for the first two payments but not the third. An active pilot will be defined as a pilot who was employed by the company during any portion of a relevant time period as described above. Pilots on military leave during all or part of a relevant time period (as described above) will be considered on active status for that relevant period. Pilots on a leave of absence other than military leave status for an entire relevant period will be considered on inactive for that period. Pilots on disciplinary suspension for an entire time period shall be considered on inactive status
for that period. Payments will be listed as a recruiting bonus on your paystubs and the amounts shown above are gross pay before any deductions. Third Installment of the Lump Sum Retro Payment We are currently working with the company to compute the amounts of the third and last “holdback” installment of the Lump Sum Retro Payment per the Lump Sum Distribution Letter in CBA 2015. The purpose of this last payment was to reserve funds for corrective purposes (challenges and signing bonus categories which were not fully resolved at the time of agreement). The focus of current computations is pilots who were on long-term military leave during the amendable period and whether their bonus category changed upon their return from long term military leave. We have been discussing certain elements of the method of this calculation with the company. In addition, the current 767 passover grievance may result in different bonus categories for some pilots that could also impact the holdback distribution. In this regard, we are now looking into possible recalculations that would be necessary if that passover grievance is successful or otherwise resolved. With that additional proviso, we hope to be able to provide an additional payment from the holdback to the pilots by the end of January 2017. Budget Update Our 2016 MEC Budget was designed to put $1.5 million into our reserve. As of the end of October, we have contributed $3.4 million into our reserve. Your MEC recently passed the 2017 budget and you can view it here. The 2017 budget is also designed to put $1.5 million into our reserve for future negotiations, while increasing spending by 10% due to higher forecasted income for the next year. FDX MEC Resolutions and MEC Meeting Minutes At the most recent MEC meeting, your MEC passed several resolutions and approved meeting minutes from previous MEC meetings. MEC Officer Elections The FDX MEC recently voted to change the timing of MEC Officer Elections in the FDX MEC Policy Manual. The MEC will elect a MEC Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary-Treasurer during the next MEC meeting on January 30th-February 3rd 2017. The two-year term of office will begin April 1st, 2017. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please submit a resume and/or position letter to me at
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PILOTS FOR KIDS
With the holidays rapidly approaching, we are beginning the planning of our Pilots for Kids events. Below you will find information regarding events in various locations and how you can participate. For information on the location nearest you, select from the list below. Please continue to read the Positive Rate Weekly as more events and details will be added. ANC LAX IND MEM
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MEM MD-11 FO NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE
First Officer Quentin Chandler experienced a major medical issue on Sunday, Oct 16. As a fairly new crew member at FedEx, he has not had the time to to acquire an extended amount of sick leave to afford
him the time off that he needs during his recovery. As such, we are asking anyone qualified to operate in the right seat of the MD-11 to please offer assistance through a PDO bump. Below are the following trips on FO Chandler’s calendar that need to be bumped: MD11 F/O MEM 238/23NOV 243/25NOV
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CHARLES SCHWAB FINANCIAL SEMINARS
Schwab Individual Retirement and Financial Counseling Sessions: Memphis: Dates: Thursday, December 8th. A Schwab Executive Services Financial Consultant will be available on Thursday, December 8th to conduct individual Retirement & Financial planning sessions with FedEx ALPA member pilots and their spouses. See the link below for available times. The sessions are free and scheduled for one hour in length. The slots fill up fast, so reserve yours now by clicking here. Charles Schwab is ALPA’s preferred financial provider. Some of the benefits available for ALPA member pilots from Charles Schwab include complimentary financial planning, low-cost trading, educational online resources, etc. To learn more about the ALPA-Schwab relationship, please visit www.schwab.com/alpa or contact Sylvia Arellano, the lead Executive Services Financial Consultant for FedEx ALPA pilots, directly at (720) 418-4200.
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DID YOU KNOW? - ASAP ALERTS
We’ve just made a useful feature more accessible from our fdx.alpa.org homepage. When planning for a trip, consider checking our website to see if there are any ASAP alerts (both current and archived) for your destination. You can now access this page without logging on and bookmark it for future use. To find the ASAP Alerts, go to our homepage and under the Reference bar click on the Safety Icon > ASAP Icon > ASAP Alerts Icon.
Safety website
ASAP website
ASAP Alerts
From this page you will find close to 20 airports that we routinely fly to that have ASAP Alerts available for your reference.
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FROM THE MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
It has recently come to the attention of the ALPA Military Affairs Committee that several crewmembers have had the processing of their Military Leave of Absence (MLA) notification held up by the company’s Military Affairs liaison. In some of the cases, the crewmember still had R days and Trips displayed on their calendar 3 days prior to the commencement of military duties. This was after the crewmember had submitted the MLA notification well in advance of anticipated military duty. Upon contacting the PAC, these crewmembers were told that their particular MLA had to be reviewed by the company’s Military Affairs liaison. This “delayed” processing of MLA is confusing as it is contradictory to the company’s stated desire in their “MILITARY SERVICE DURING PEAK” FCIF dated 27 Sep 2016: “Also like last year, if military service cannot be delayed, we are asking that you advise us at your earliest opportunity so CRP can adequately plan the staffing of your crew position in your absence. So, if you know you’re going to be on military service during Peak, entering that requirement into our VIPS system as soon as practicable provides the Company the best chance of planning for efficient operations and the best use of our available crewmembers.” Waiting, in some cases over 2 months, to process MLA notifications defeats the ability of CRP to “adequately plan the staffing of your crew position in your absence.” Delaying the processing until just days prior to the commencement of MLA restricts the ability of CRP to efficiently plan the staffing of that assignment, as well as decreasing the best use of our available crew members by allowing others to pick up those flights in Open Time Assignment. In light of recent emails and phone calls to your ALPA Military Affairs Committee, we are providing the following guidance regarding any delays in MLA processing: 1. In accordance with USERRA, the crew member has NO FURTHER OBLIGATIONS other than notifying the company of pending military duty. 2. If your MLA notification has not been processed by 5 days prior to the commencement of your military duty/travel day, feel free to contact the PAC concerning the processing of your MLA. 3. If the PAC cannot assist you, please feel free to contact the Duty Officer and advise him that you will not be reporting for your trip/Rday. Please keep in mind this is just a suggestion. You are not required to follow up on your MLA notification processing. By submitting your MLA Notification, you have fulfilled every legal requirement of USERRA. The protections of USERRA will extend to you if you do not show up for a company assignment while on Military Duty that the company has been adequately notified of, and they have failed to process that notification. For short-notice MLA, continue to contact the Duty Officer if there is not
sufficient time for PAC processing of MLA. An example of this was during hurricane Katrina where members of units in New Orleans contacted the Duty Officer inbound to MEM on a hub turn, and notified them that upon landing they would need to immediately start MLA. As always, continue to contact your ALPA Military Affairs Committee (
[email protected]) with any questions or concerns, and thank you for your service.
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MEM FIRST OFFICER NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE
Memphis 757 First Officer John Ohm has a family health issue that requires him to be home. We ask those of you qualified to operate in the right seat of the 757 to look at John's schedule and offer a PDO bump, if possible. Please consider this request to allow John the ability to better care for his family.
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DISPUTED PAIRINGS
INDUSTRY NEWS
UPS and FedEx Are Going to Great Lengths to November
December
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Working Conditions Pilots Strike at Cargo Airline Serving Amazon, DHL as Holidays Near WestJet
Pilots
Reject
Company
Deal,
Unionization Drive Continues
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