They do consider cost of living for FDX. I know people have tried to argue that "Delta gets this, United gets that" and they argue that 1. Atlanta and Chicago are way more expensive to live in and 2. They are pax carries so they try to compare with UPS for the most part.
They do show a chart comparison with pax airlines at the pay review every year, but it's adjusted to cost of living. This was all before Fred died. Now? Who knows. Feels like they want to run this place into the ground and were just waiting on him to pass so that they could do it. I hope I'm wrong!!! I've been here double digit years and even I'm thinking of trying to get on somewhere else. It's just not the same FedEx that everyone used to love.
Interesting. As dispatchers at the level of the legacies and UPS/FDX, we still require the same certificate, exercise the same operational control, conduct the same flight watch and likely work around similar OpsSpecs with exemptions. We even share information amongst ourselves with regards to conducting certain operations. If it came down to it, I doubt the leadership at my shop would be willing to take less than FedEx/UPS just because of boxes. Last I saw, ya’ll were still crossing the Atlantic alongside one of mine from the states.
Regarding the not the same ____ that everyone used to love. There’s a little bit of that everywhere sadly, and I’ve seen it in other places as private equity takes a hold. It’s just the sign of the times and an unfortunate trend. I still appreciate my shop in the big city and I don’t imagine it being that much different than Memphis. Housing costs are still breaking the bank in reasonable to desirable areas.