FDX ALPA Podcast
Fly By Night: Scheduling Committee January 2026 Build Week
In this episode of our podcast, Scheduling Committee Chair Captain Marty Harrington discusses the January 2026 build and the broader scheduling environment.
Captain Harrington outlines what pilots can expect across the bidpacks, including redistributed flying, new sequences in several fleets, and BLGs that are up across the system. He provides updates on overall credit hours compared to previous months, disputed pairings, and current retirement and resignation trends.
To close, he notes that the pressures pilots are seeing today reflect long-running scheduling challenges, with the MD-11 grounding exposing an already strained system.





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