What Did FedEx Owe Chuck For What They Did To Him?
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greenleafie — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 01:25 PM)
We know FedEx gave Chuck a fancy, welcome-home party. We know he had the free time to drive to Texas. But what else did they give him? Did they offer him his old job back? If you were Chuck, would you be willing to work for FedEx again? Did they offer him a cash settlement of, say, half a million dollars? Chuck lost 4-years of his life, suffered bodily harm and psychological trauma, lost his fianc to another man, and had his whole life turned upside-down. How much do you think they should pay Chuck for what he went through, on their behalf?
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wheeliegirl1962 — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 05:29 PM)
He was an executive, and I would guess that he would have received at least his salary for each year he was gone. 1995 that could have been 75-100k per year. Plus probably other compensation. I would bet he would be set for a good long time, if not for the rest of his life if he lived a relatively frugal lifestyle.
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shiggity99 — 9 years ago(November 15, 2016 08:52 PM)
If you go down in a plane ride, survive the crash, live four years on an island, I can assure you when you return you're never working another day in your life if you don't want to. He didn't own the plane, he wasn't flying nor responsible for maintenance of the plane. The company's lawyers would have worked out a settlement before he even considered getting a lawyer involved.
I was a little skeptic that four weeks after his rescue he would be flying again, but everything shown proved how mentally tough he was.
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Jennie_Portrait — 9 years ago(December 13, 2016 07:36 PM)
You could argue that with him being lost at sea, he was probably declared dead. The life insurance policy could have had to be paid to his fiancee (many companies provide life insurance policies for their executives.) It's usually equal to a year or two of salary.
He was injured during the course of performing his jobs, so he would have been eligible for workers comp.
Never say never
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Beeracuda — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 06:51 PM)
Hard to believe no one searched all the small islands in the vicinty where the plane went down?
I have to agree with that statement. After the plane crash, he drifted in the raft for only the rest of one night. By the following morning, he was on the shore of the island, which didn't give him much time to drift too far away from the site of the plane crash. I would guess if he drifted for 10 hours, he was probably no further than 50 miles from the crash.