I hope you read the part in my long-winded response on why updating ROADs was not wise. It's unsupported, way behind current tech, and needs to go. Also remember E* does do SRA-style routing too, it just has to get enabled.
Remember -- I agree with you that it's a mistake for FXE to copy Amazon's employment model. Until the non-union part of the CRR workgroup decides to seriously consider a union, this is what we need to deal with. Constant "innovation" trying to dumb down our jobs and get the lowest bidder (via contractor or employee pay) to make sure the box gets from point A to point B in time and in reasonable shape. That's what the shareholders want because it's more profits for them. The shareholders only care about keeping the employees happy enough to keep them around.
Until that changes, this is the way it's going to be. Like it or not, it's the path. and for the record, while I like the fact of the renewed investment in technology and updating the backend... trying to dumb down the last mile so any idiot can do it isn't the way to do it.
Sweet, now let's just hope MEMH decides to reinvest in the employee and not go down the path of "die by a thousand cuts" because of "volume drops". If anything, it's C-levels that need to be cut because their leadership seems to stink.