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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 3975208" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>I wish Airbus <em>had </em>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.</p><p></p><p>Yes, maybe they should have asked around a bit and consulted front-line employees, but that isn't the FedEx way, is it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 3975208, member: 12508"] 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 [I]had [/I]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? [/QUOTE]
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