Wall Street Journal Today...Not Good
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Why would they get rid of Express? There will still be overnight deliveries. Saturday service. International service. You know, the important stuff Ground isn't allowed to touch.
Here in the midwest, 8815 is not closing in on `14000. I will, however, pay you $1400 a week if you are convinced that $88.15 is the same amount.You are closing in on 14,000 posts...are you sure about having a life?
Could always get soccer moms in minivans to do it part time. Same way Home Delivery started. Yes. You should worry. You people have not even begun to comprehend what is possible.Why would they get rid of Express? There will still be overnight deliveries. Saturday service. International service. You know, the important stuff Ground isn't allowed to touch.
Well, it is more than halfway, LOL...read the rep points, already corrected.
Soccer moms in minivans could deliver Ground? Impressive!
Nope. It's how Home Delivery began back when volume was low. And as Express volume decreases (one way or another) consider the possible models.
Did you not read R1a's dissertation on actual employees being required by the FAA to handle air cargo until it arrived at the destination ramp? I've no doubt times are going to be lean, but the apocalyptic vision of some of you folks is even beyond what Memphis is capable of. Wishful thinking...
STFXG
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Why not just create a FedEx domestic overnight opco and sub it through the ground system like home delivery? Just get rid of express all together? Just send express volume on a trailer to the airport from ground terminals and make express strictly international? Ground could "purchase" space on local express planes and commercial carriers to haul its overnight volume.
See my previous post.
P.S. Express delivers 3.5 million pkgs a day. Think how many planes we'd have to contract with to carry the freight.
MaineGroundDriver
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Hmm .. I get paid vacations, paid holidays, paid personal days and paid sick days working as a ground driver. I discount my own travel thanks to knowing what I'm doing. I don't ship things, so who cares about discounted shipping. The only thing I don't have is healthcare.
MaineGroundDriver
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Why would they get rid of Express? There will still be overnight deliveries. Saturday service. International service. You know, the important stuff Ground isn't allowed to touch.
I'm pretty sure the important stuff, is the sheer volume that Ground delivers which keeps Fred's food on his plate!
STFXG
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Also, the new ground opco wouldn't need to send everything on planes. Just the overnight volume that's not regional overnight all ready...
Well, dang, you've got it all figured! PM Dano and get the ball rolling!
We're still the bigger opco, you're just the appetizer, we're the main course. Not our fault we're getting cannibalized by a bunch of tattooed pirates.
And is that the case of the majority of Ground drivers? Question stands, why would I give all that up to work more hours carrying more bulk for Ground for approx the same pay? By the way, before there was a Ground Express employees drove stepvans and delivered a lot of bulk. Don't gloat, all that weight will take it's toll. Handling that bulk for years on an average Ground driver's pay and lack of benefits is no good deal.
SmithBarney
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Volume is down, but profits are up... imagine that...
MaineGroundDriver
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I know I'm sick in the head, but I LOVE the work .. I have the heaviest loads at my terminal BY CHOICE .. I've lost a lot of weight and am in the best shape of my life .. but again, I'm sick in the head ..
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