FedEx pilots

FedEx pilots pick third union chairman since last summer

The board of the FedEx pilots’ union has elected its third chairman in eight months as the group tries to overcome internal divisions that have hampered efforts to achieve an updated labor contract.

The FedEx Master Executive Council voted for Captain Jose Nieves, a Boeing 757 pilot who has been at FedEx (NYSE: FDX) for 28 years, to lead the union’s 5,800 members, the Air Line Pilots Association announced late Tuesday.

Nieves replaces Captain Billy Wilson, who was elected Oct. 30, 2023 for an...

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FedEx tells pilots to switch to American Airlines feeder operator

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FedEx Express is encouraging pilots at its cargo airline to take jobs at a regional passenger...

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FedEx pilots reject new labor deal

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Pilots at FedEx Express have rejected a tentative agreement to amend their contract, which would...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-pilots-reject-new-labor-deal

FedEx, pilots request federal mediation to resolve contract dispute

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FedEx Express and the union representing its pilots on Wednesday filed for federal mediation with the National Mediation Board to help unglue contract negotiations that began in May 2021.

The joint filing by FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and the Air Line Pilots Association requests expedited mediation under the Railway Labor Act.

FedEx pilots are disgruntled by the pace of negotiations on a new labor deal to improve pay, retirement benefits and quality-of-life issues. Union members say they jeopardized their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-pilots-request-federal-mediation-to-resolve-contract-dispute

Pilots ask FedEx to halt Hong Kong layovers over COVID rules

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Pilots for Federal Express (NYSE: FDX) are directly appealing to Chairman, CEO and founder Frederick Smith to stop layovers in Hong Kong because of onerous quarantine conditions they say force crews to be hospitalized against their will in substandard quarters and put their well-being at risk.

In a letter posted to Twitter on Friday, Joe DePete, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, repeated calls for the express delivery company to suspend brief rest stays “until these egregious layover...

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Hong Kong quarantine disrupts FedEx, Cathay Pacific crews and cargo

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A new Hong Kong requirement for arriving pilots to quarantine for 14 days has spurred FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX) to relocate pilots to San Francisco and Cathay Pacific to warn of severe capacity cuts for cargo and passenger flights. 

FedEx is giving pilots and their families the option to relocate to San Francisco after Hong Kong authorities revealed plans for 14-day hotel quarantines on city-based air crews to contain a wave of new COVID-19 infections, the South China Morning Post reported. The...

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