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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 604146" data-attributes="member: 23516"><p>From the perspective of Congress, and likely the court system were it ever to make it that far, it's an obvious skirting of the spirit (if not the letter, not that I've read it) of the RLA. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>None of that matters. What matters is would the people who vote on RLA authorization recognize it for what it is. I say they would and they wouldn't reauthorize RLA status. If FedEx was a vertically integrated company, it'd be a completely different story, but it isn't.</p><p> </p><p>They could spin it however they wanted, but it'd still be the co-mingling of Ground and Express that isn't quite consistent with the intent of the RLA. It's not a good idea for a company like FedEx to try and operate as if it's vertically integrated when it's not because it never quite works out.</p><p> </p><p>On top of that, there are issues that would present problems in various other areas of the law.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Again, none of that is even remotely relevant as far as "legal issues" or the FAA is concerned. Congress determines RLA status. Hardly anyone in Congress cares about any of that above-mentioned stuff anyway, not that many of them would even understand it. What Congress is going to look at, should the situation arise, is whether FedEx is abusing or misusing its status. In that situation, the answer is YES. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>What are they waiting on, then? They're losing money ever day that they put this off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 604146, member: 23516"] From the perspective of Congress, and likely the court system were it ever to make it that far, it's an obvious skirting of the spirit (if not the letter, not that I've read it) of the RLA. None of that matters. What matters is would the people who vote on RLA authorization recognize it for what it is. I say they would and they wouldn't reauthorize RLA status. If FedEx was a vertically integrated company, it'd be a completely different story, but it isn't. They could spin it however they wanted, but it'd still be the co-mingling of Ground and Express that isn't quite consistent with the intent of the RLA. It's not a good idea for a company like FedEx to try and operate as if it's vertically integrated when it's not because it never quite works out. On top of that, there are issues that would present problems in various other areas of the law. Again, none of that is even remotely relevant as far as "legal issues" or the FAA is concerned. Congress determines RLA status. Hardly anyone in Congress cares about any of that above-mentioned stuff anyway, not that many of them would even understand it. What Congress is going to look at, should the situation arise, is whether FedEx is abusing or misusing its status. In that situation, the answer is YES. What are they waiting on, then? They're losing money ever day that they put this off. [/QUOTE]
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