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Media Begins to Sniff Out the Truth Behind FedEx Campaign
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<blockquote data-quote="LED" data-source="post: 548202" data-attributes="member: 22664"><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: black">From the Brownbailout.com website</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>What is this all about?</strong></p><p></p><p>This is a story of a 100-year-old <u>trucking </u>company . . .</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>trying to keep up with the competition</strong> in today’s need-it-now, around-the-world, around-the-clock, just-in-time economy . . .</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">wanting to return to the days when it operated as an <strong>unchallenged monopoly</strong> and raised prices whenever it wanted . . .</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">now using its political muscle to write its own “<strong>Big Brown” Government bailout</strong> . . .</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to force the <strong>world’s most efficient <u>airline</u></strong> to operate under trucking rules that have never applied to airlines . . .</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">at the expense of those who depend on <strong>America’s next-day commerce system</strong> for essential medicines, critical parts and important shipments.</li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">This Fedex campaign is full of holes. (not that I have to convince anyone on here, just kind of venting a little)</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Fedex and UPS are in the same business. You can send a package through either carrier and have it delivered by a specific time (1 day, 2 days, etc). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Fedex "the airline" is accusing UPS "the trucking company" of trying to put them out of business. By making these accusations, Fedex is in fact acknowledging that both companies do the same thing.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"> I have never seen Delta airlines accuse Greyhound bus line of competing unfairly against them. Both of these companies move people, one by air, the other by ground. The difference is time and money. Since you can send a package by either UPS or Fedex to the same place, in the same amount of time, for the same price, then what is the difference in the business? There is none.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">If Fedex flew packages only from airport to airport, and had the customer drop off and pick them up, then their would be more of an argument for "airline status". Since both companies use planes and trucks to move packages, the argument that one is "just an airline" does not hold water. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">If you believe in the free market and capitalism, then both companies should have to compete under the same rules. Since UPS and Fedex use both airplanes and trucks then the NLRB is the correct classification.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LED, post: 548202, member: 22664"] [B] [/B] [B][COLOR=black]From the Brownbailout.com website[/COLOR][/B] [B]What is this all about?[/B] This is a story of a 100-year-old [U]trucking [/U]company . . . [LIST] [*][B]trying to keep up with the competition[/B] in today’s need-it-now, around-the-world, around-the-clock, just-in-time economy . . . [*]wanting to return to the days when it operated as an [B]unchallenged monopoly[/B] and raised prices whenever it wanted . . . [*]now using its political muscle to write its own “[B]Big Brown” Government bailout[/B] . . . [*]to force the [B]world’s most efficient [U]airline[/U][/B] to operate under trucking rules that have never applied to airlines . . . [*]at the expense of those who depend on [B]America’s next-day commerce system[/B] for essential medicines, critical parts and important shipments. [/LIST][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]This Fedex campaign is full of holes. (not that I have to convince anyone on here, just kind of venting a little)[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Fedex and UPS are in the same business. You can send a package through either carrier and have it delivered by a specific time (1 day, 2 days, etc). [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Fedex "the airline" is accusing UPS "the trucking company" of trying to put them out of business. By making these accusations, Fedex is in fact acknowledging that both companies do the same thing.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000] I have never seen Delta airlines accuse Greyhound bus line of competing unfairly against them. Both of these companies move people, one by air, the other by ground. The difference is time and money. Since you can send a package by either UPS or Fedex to the same place, in the same amount of time, for the same price, then what is the difference in the business? There is none.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]If Fedex flew packages only from airport to airport, and had the customer drop off and pick them up, then their would be more of an argument for "airline status". Since both companies use planes and trucks to move packages, the argument that one is "just an airline" does not hold water. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]If you believe in the free market and capitalism, then both companies should have to compete under the same rules. Since UPS and Fedex use both airplanes and trucks then the NLRB is the correct classification.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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