dezguy
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Why not say it's been suggested, rather than it can't be done?Did you ever consider the same suggestion was made by someone else earlier than you.
Obviously it could be done because they did it.
Why not say it's been suggested, rather than it can't be done?Did you ever consider the same suggestion was made by someone else earlier than you.
Did you ever consider the person you suggested it to might not be the ONLY person feedback was given to. I imagine the powerpad group is a large one and are scattered all over the company. I am sure each hears many of the same suggestions.Why not say it's been suggested, rather than it can't be done?
Obviously it could be done because they did it.
FredEx has a long string of bad investments and poor business models. Not listening to his frontline employees has hurt him and the company more than anything.
It was foolish for the company to not have a poll at each hub and ask what plane we should base our fleet on.This. My point has consistently been that FedEx (and Fred) have pulled some real boners in both vehicle and aircraft fleet decisions. The MD10 conversions were really expensive, and FedEx never realized returns on that investment because the aircraft didn't have a full service life....simple fact. All an MD10 is in essence is a DC10 with an MD11 cockpit, which eliminated the flight engineer position. It didn't hold any more freight, and it burned just as much fuel as a DC10.
Twin-engine freighters have been the way to go for a long time, but Fred went cheap. And when he did finally buy twin-engine Airbus models (A300 and A310), they were not very reliable aircraft. Neither had a full service life with FedEx.
I wish Airbus had built an A380F, because it would have been a huge white elephant. Please note that UPS is still buying 747-8 freighters, and presumably filling them, because they might buy more. Although it has 4 engines, there is nothing else out there that duplicates what the 747-8 can do.
Yes, maybe they should have asked around a bit and consulted front-line employees, but that isn't the FedEx way, is it?
It was foolish for the company to not have a poll at each hub and ask what plane we should base our fleet on.
We had 47's at one time and still use a couple for ad hoc flights at times. They are not ours but carry our freight as needed. I would imagine the GSE requirements make it difficult to have a small fleet of one plane. The 737 was done away with because to fully utilize the width, a different size container was needed and it was not smart to buy new cans for small segment of planes. Plus it was shorter than the 27 and held fewer cans.
Might as well be something in it for us too, however you act like we're asking for a king's ransom along the way. After all, that's upper management's way of thinking.Strangely enough, most of the business suggestions that come from frontline employees are incredibly self-serving.
Might have same diameter but there was more dead space. Can't remember if it was an interior design difference or what. It has only been about 38 years ago that we got rid of the 737. Plus it was 1 can short of a 727-100 and 3 less than a 727-200 if memory serves me right. Either way, it wasn't smart to only have 3 or 4 737 when the 27 fleet was growing.The 737 holds SAA cans. Fuselage is the same diameter as 727, 707, and 757.
Key word being most...
Sure, I would like for a freightliner argosy, rather then a merc, but, we already have a number of merc trucks, and arnt going to get more till the lease is up on them all.. or, if we down under may start doing interstate line-haul (I hope we do)
I say hope, but not only for myself, but even as a business plan, it would save money in the long run as well, rather paying $3000 a night to outside companies, its just the cost of running the trucks, and the wage $27AUD an hour... cost on a guess using company drivers, would be around $2500 a night... so a $500 saving, per b-double... per night...
Just so you know where I’m coming from, one of my SM’s asked for cost saving suggestions after 9-11 and dot.com.
I made several to management.
I was laughed at by same, told that couldn’t be done.
Until it was.
And credit was given to guess who?
So you have seen some of the suggestions that the executives get from frontline employees? Can you give some examples?
Save the smug comments for your conference calls. The people actually doing the job should know more than anyone.
I suppose none of them involved getting your hands dirty.
I may not have ALL the answers but I do know that May 4th falls on a Saturday this year. Ha, ha! Are you returning as some p/t cargo handler or something?
Same here. Was told it couldn't be done. A year later, the exact thing I suggested was programmed into the ppad, nationwide.
When I asked my manager if I was going to receive and recognition for it, I was told they would get back to me and never heard about it again.
It's the last suggestion I've given.
Corporate focus is centered on the courier and minimizing that expense, ignoring many elephants frolicking in the boardroom. I would dare say self-serving isn’t restricted to frontline employees.
Nope. Too many egos in the way. I'm sure @59 Dano will spin it some other way.
Might as well be something in it for us too, however you act like we're asking for a king's ransom along the way. After all, that's upper management's way of thinking.
Why not?Why would you deserve recognition?
Ironic when you hear couriers should be held accountable for following a managers directions, by that manager.It's hard to be self-serving when you're held accountable for your decisions and your work.
That position seems as necessary as a lifeguard at a carwash.Just out of curiosity, how dirty do your hands have to be in order to perform a regression analysis