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<blockquote data-quote="El Morado Diablo" data-source="post: 5436237" data-attributes="member: 40760"><p>Inland Northwest - Eastern WA, Eastern OR and Northern ID. </p><p></p><p>The ramp for our market is in Spokane. Staffing has been a problem there for years. It was down to 25% at times during peak last year. Amazon built a fulfillment center at the airport offering $3+ hr more than FedEx and a $3000 bonus. Fedex did not boost wages or offer the $3 hr peak pay to attract & retain handlers. Nearly all of the stations served by Spokane are feeder locations of varying size. They would usually get a truck(s), a plane(s) or both each day. Due to the staffing issues they started cancelling feeder flights and holding the trucks.</p><p></p><p>This spring they made the decision to make the cancelled flights permanent. Our service levels were terrible so they figured changing the service levels in some of the stations made sense. They wanted to cancel our outbound flight too. The idea was we would do pups in the morning and send it back to the ramp on the truck. Our contract with USPS wouldn't allow that so we still have a feeder fly in empty during the day so it can take the outbound back in the afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Pros for FedEx: Better service levels, better revenue (P1's more than doubled), lower costs (no morning plane, most FT's only getting about 38 hrs week).</p><p></p><p>Cons for FedEx: Lost revenue in the former PM areas because we can't get their outbound out now that they're RM areas.</p><p></p><p>** Note: A couple weeks after these changes were made they increased wages in Spokane at the ramp and station. They bumped everyone up to Step 3 or 4. Typical FedEx, putting the cart before the horse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Morado Diablo, post: 5436237, member: 40760"] Inland Northwest - Eastern WA, Eastern OR and Northern ID. The ramp for our market is in Spokane. Staffing has been a problem there for years. It was down to 25% at times during peak last year. Amazon built a fulfillment center at the airport offering $3+ hr more than FedEx and a $3000 bonus. Fedex did not boost wages or offer the $3 hr peak pay to attract & retain handlers. Nearly all of the stations served by Spokane are feeder locations of varying size. They would usually get a truck(s), a plane(s) or both each day. Due to the staffing issues they started cancelling feeder flights and holding the trucks. This spring they made the decision to make the cancelled flights permanent. Our service levels were terrible so they figured changing the service levels in some of the stations made sense. They wanted to cancel our outbound flight too. The idea was we would do pups in the morning and send it back to the ramp on the truck. Our contract with USPS wouldn't allow that so we still have a feeder fly in empty during the day so it can take the outbound back in the afternoon. Pros for FedEx: Better service levels, better revenue (P1's more than doubled), lower costs (no morning plane, most FT's only getting about 38 hrs week). Cons for FedEx: Lost revenue in the former PM areas because we can't get their outbound out now that they're RM areas. ** Note: A couple weeks after these changes were made they increased wages in Spokane at the ramp and station. They bumped everyone up to Step 3 or 4. Typical FedEx, putting the cart before the horse. [/QUOTE]
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